Posts Tagged ‘ Chess Games ’

Woman arrested for organizing billion-dong chess gambling for gov't officials 

January 22, 2012
Woman arrested for organizing billion-dong chess gambling for gov't officials 

  Police in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have arrested a woman for organizing gambling chess games for local officials, Tuoi Tre reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted police as saying Ngo Hue Phan let Nguyen Thanh Leo, former deputy director of Soc Trang Province Transport Department, and Dinh Van Muoi, former deputy chief [...]

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Another official arrested in Mekong Delta gambling bust 

January 12, 2012
Another official arrested in Mekong Delta gambling bust 

The house belonging to Dinh Van Muoi, deputy chief of Soc Trang Town Party Unit’s Inspection Committee, who was arrested Wednesday for alleged gambling. Police in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on Wednesday arrested a Party official for allegedly gambling away billions of dong on Chinese chess games after the official was fingered [...]

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Another Vietnam official accused of gambling billions on Chinese chess 

January 6, 2012
Another Vietnam official accused of gambling billions on Chinese chess 

  An unnamed official in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is suspected of gambling away billions of dong on Chinese chess games after being fingered by a former official who is in custody for alleged gambling. The provincial police said Wednesday that the arrested official, Nguyen Thanh Leo, former deputy chief of the provincial [...]

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Vietnamese officials arrested after gambling billions on chess games 

December 28, 2011
Vietnamese officials arrested after gambling billions on chess games 

  Two transport officials in southern Vietnam who were caught gambling billions of dong on Chinese chess games have been suspended from their posts and taken into for two months pending investigations. A VnExpress newswire report Tuesday said Nguyen Thanh Leo, deputy chief of the provincial Transport Department, and Tran Van Tan, director of Soc [...]

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Sixth national sports contest underway in Da Nang 

December 20, 2010

  The sixth National Sports Competition 2010 has begun in the central city of Da Nang with around 3,000 participants from 54 teams nationwide competing in 12 events. The event opened with volleyball and chess games on Friday December 17. Organizers said the volleyball contest attracted 228 players while there were 200 contestants for the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...