A woman residing in a Mekong Delta province has recently filed an appeal against a first-instance court decision which requires her to reimburse US$2,330 to her ex-husband’s former mistress in an uncanny “husband transfer transaction.”

The intriguing “love triangle” occurred among two women and a man in Thoai Son District, located in An Giang Province.

According to court profiles, Tran Van Thuong lived with Bui Thi Nhi, and the couple has three children.

In 2010, Bui Thi Hien, a single woman living in the same locale, had Thuong, who was a construction contractor, build her house.

Right after the construction was completed, Thuong went on to build a “home-sweet-home” with Hien.

Nhi demanded her adulterous husband and Hien end their affair, in vain. Sometime later, Hien offered to give Nhi VND50 million (US$2,330) if the latter allowed her husband to live full-time in the former’s home.

Knowing it would be hard to persuade her husband to end the affair, Nhi accepted the offer. 

The man and his two women then signed a commitment which read that Nhi had consented to Thuong living in Hien’s home.

Thuong has not returned to Nhi’s house since, except for occasional visits to his elderly mother and three children.

Two years later, Thuong eloped once again and was no longer in a relationship with Hien.

The betrayed woman then decided to take legal action to reclaim VND50 million from Nhi.

In June 2013, at the Thoai Son District People’s Court, Thuong committed to reimburse the entire sum to Hien within 60 days.

Hien, the plaintiff, accepted and withdrew her legal action.

A few months later, Nhi also sought divorce from Thuong and a court ruled they are no longer husband and wife.

Two months passed with no sign of Thuong.

Hien brought the hassle to court again, providing the commitment paper signed between her, Nhi and Thuong as evidence.

The commitment now states “lent Bui Thi Nhi a cash sum of VND50 million for one year,” with the word “lent,” “one” and some other details bolded and showing signs of tampering.

Based on this document, Hien asserted that she had lent Nhi the sum in return for the right to live with Thuong.

Meanwhile, Nhi remains insistent that Hien had given her the amount at her own will to help her provide for Thuong’s elderly mother and three children while he was away from home.

The Thoai Son District People’s Court, which processed the case as an asset loan dispute case, ruled that Nhi and Thuong be obliged to pay back to Hien the sum plus interest of over VND11 million ($513).

Nhi recently applied for an appeal court.

Khuu De Danh, Chief Judge of the Thoai Son District People’s Court, confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that his court has acted rightfully regarding the case.

He explained that in Hien’s first legal filing attempt, Thuong admitted that what Hien claimed was truth and took responsibility for making the reimbursement.

In Hien’s second court attempt, she managed to provide a document proving she had loaned the sum to Nhi, who did acknowledge her receipt of the amount, Danh noted.

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