The trash bin where the newborn child was found abandoned in Đồng Nai Province. — Photo dantri.com.vn

ĐỒNG NAI — A 38-year-old woman named P.T.M. in Nhơn Trạch District, the southern province of Đồng Nai, is under criminal detention on suspicion of having abandoned her newborn child, the provincial police said on Wednesday.

Two days earlier, garbage collectors discovered the body of a male baby wrapped in cloth and placed in a trash bin on Hùng Vương Street, Phước An Commune, Nhơn Trạch District, and immediately notified the local authorities.

The police, through their investigation and examination of the scene, have suspected P.T.M was the mother of the child, and has detained her on Tuesday to serve the investigation.

The case will be handled according to regulations. — VNS