An image taken from a clip shows a Vietnamese ride-hailing rider helping push a broken-down motorcycle ridden by a Chinese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City.
The rider recorded the encounter using a body-mounted camera and posted the footage online on October 5.
The video has since attracted more than 1.1 million views and numerous appreciative comments from Chinese viewers, reported Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.
On the afternoon of the day, Tran Van Sang, who lives in Tam Thang Ward was working as a ride-hailing driver in the city when he spotted a Chinese tourist struggling to push his scooter near the Martyrs’ Memorial Roundabout on Thi Sach Street.
Without hesitation, Sang stopped to offer assistance, according to the clip.
Using his limited English and hand gestures, Sang learned that the tourist’s scooter had broken down.
He tried to explain that he would help take the vehicle to the nearest repair shop, gesturing and saying, “Let’s go.”
The tourist remained seated on the scooter, holding the handlebars and steering, while Sang used his foot to push the vehicle along from the side.
An image taken from a clip shows a Vietnamese ride-hailing rider helping push a broken-down motorcycle ridden by a Chinese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City.
When they arrived at the repair shop, the grateful tourist offered Sang money as a thank-you.
However, the driver smiled, waved his hand to decline and quickly rode away when he saw the tourist preparing to follow him with the money.
An image taken from a clip shows the Vietnamese ride-hailing rider refusing to accept money offered in gratitude.
Left standing outside the shop, the tourist could only call out, “Oh my God, thank you!”
“I never intended to charge him for the ride,” he shared.
“Foreign visitors who come to Vietnam may not be familiar with everything around them,” Sang told Dantri News.
“If there is anything I can do to help them, I am happy to do it.”
“As long as they feel that Vietnamese people are enthusiastic and hospitable, that is enough for me.”
For Sang, helping stranded riders is nothing new.
For the past two to three years, he has displayed a sign reading ‘Chuyen xe tinh thuong’ (Kindness Ride) on the front of his motorcycle, accompanied by Vietnam’s red flag with a yellow star.
He is ready to stop and assist anyone in need.
His help ranges from pushing broken-down motorcycles to repair shops to giving people a ride home or back to their accommodation.
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