January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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January 22, 2012
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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January 21, 2012
Nguyen Thi Thanh Ngoc is being treatd for severe burns at a Ho Chi Minh City after a man, believed to be a neighbor, threw acid on all members of her family. All four people in a family in Ho Chi Minh City were severely burned Wednesday by acid thrown on them, allegedly by a neighbor. [...]
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January 19, 2012
Luong Thanh Nghi, spokesman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnam welcomes efforts to contribute to improving the peace and development of the Asia Pacific region, VnExpress quoted foreign ministry’s spokesman as saying Friday. Luong Thanh Nghi made the statement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press briefing on Thursday when asked about Vietnam’s view [...]
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January 18, 2012
Song Lam Nghe An players (yellow) mark Nigerian striker Samson Kayode Olaleye of visitors Hanoi T&T in a Super League match in Vinh city Sunday. Defending Vietnamese Super League champions Song Lam Nghe An were held 2-2 at home by Hanoi T&T in the third round Sunday. Both teams played fast football from the start, [...]
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January 15, 2012
Siphoned gasoline replaced by other liquids by unscrupulous tank truck drivers may be the cause of car and motorbike fires Two men pumping liquid into a tank truck after spiriting hundreds of liters of gasoline. Low quality fuel is now considered the prime suspect responsible for the many car and motorbike fires over the [...]
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January 12, 2012
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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January 11, 2012
Tiger bones seized from a Hanoi restaurant on Monday Police in Hanoi on Monday found a restaurant cooking tiger bone glue, which is considered a tonic by many people. A tiger skeleton weighing 150 kilograms was being cooked at Tay Bac Quan restaurant at Thanh Xuan District when the police arrived. The Vietnam Science and [...]
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January 10, 2012
Tran Duy Phuc, 31, a former lieutenant officer of the HCMC Emergency Police Regiment, has been jailed for seven months for attacking a traffic cop on duty. A former police officer in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced Friday to seven months in jail for attacking a traffic cop who tried to stop him for [...]
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January 9, 2012
The pawn shop in Thanh Hoa Province where the owner shot himself in the head Friday after shooting and killing his creditor, a notorious loan shark. A man shot his creditor to death and turned the gun on himself in the central province of Thanh Hoa Friday, the Vietnamnet newswire reported. It cited witnesses as [...]
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