Monday, October 17, 2011

4,000 ton gold treasure

Binh Thuan authorities license man to search 4,000-ton-gold treasure

October 17, 2011 about Uncategorized

LookAtVietnam - Binh Thuan province has permitted Mr. Tran Van Tiep, 96, to search for “treasure” on Tau Mountain for 270 days.

Tran Van Tiep (right) has been
hunting down the treasure for a half of his life.

“Mr. Tiep is allowed to make exploration from October 10, within nine months, and he has to mortgage VND500 million ($25,000),” an official from the Binh Thuan People’s Committee said.
Mr. Tiep can search for the treasure on an area of 2,400sq.m, using drill machines. However the drilling depth is fixed at 35m maximum.
The local authorities also ask Mr. Tiep to carry out measures to prevent environmental pollution and the $25,000 is mortgage.
The man must report the searching result to the local authorities after the search is complete.
The search will be supervised by a working group, which is led by Nguyen Ngoc Hanh, deputy director of the Binh Thuan Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Tiep strongly believes that there is a 4,000-ton gold treasure on Tau Mountain, which was buried by Japanese army. Since 1993, he has invested a billion dong to search for the treasure.
PV

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