Posts Tagged ‘ The Money ’

Money isn’t everything 

January 15, 2012
Money isn’t everything 

  Do Ngoc Tuan (R), 42, of Long An Province’s Ben Luc Town won more than US$300,000 after buying unsold tickets from vendor Pham Thi Lanh (L) Tuan’s equanimity in the face of such a change in his fortunes has made the news as much as the winning itself. Just as impressive is the story [...]

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Desperate debtor breaks into Hanoi bank with fake bomb 

January 12, 2012
Desperate debtor breaks into Hanoi bank with fake bomb 

Tran Vu Huy at a Hanoi police station after attempting to rob a bank with a fake bomb   A man was arrested in Hanoi on Wednesday after attempting to rob a bank with a knife and a fake bomb. Tran Vu Huy broke into a Maritime Bank in Cau Giay District at around noon, headed [...]

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Vietnam ex-cops receive suspended sentences for torturing woman 

January 11, 2012
Vietnam ex-cops receive suspended sentences for torturing woman 

Tran Ba Tuan and Nguyen Dinh Quyet, both former investigators of Nha Trang’s police division, at a trial in the central province of Khanh Hoa on January 9. The duo received suspended sentences for torturing a theft suspect in 2010. Two former police officers in the central province of Khanh Hoa each has received a nine-month suspended [...]

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3 arrested for siphoning off $6 mln from China Airlines 

December 22, 2011
3 arrested for siphoning off $6 mln from China Airlines 

Pho Vi Nhat, a former employee of China Airlines in Ho Chi Minh City, was arrested along with two current staff for allegedly stealing US$5.9 million from the airline Two employees of China Airlines’s representative office in Ho Chi Minh City and their former colleague have been arrested for allegedly stealing nearly US$6 million from [...]

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Lawyer accused of taking bribes in central Vietnam 

November 23, 2011

  A bar association in the central province of Khanh Hoa has asked local police to investigate accusations that a lawyer has accepted bribes to help a man escape a jail term for theft, a local judge said Monday. Nguyen Anh, judge of Nha Trang Town People’s Court, told the press that Khanh Hoa’s Bar [...]

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Vietnam lawmakers find money-laundering bill inadequate 

November 18, 2011
Vietnam lawmakers find money-laundering bill inadequate 

  While laws on money laundering prevention are necessary in Vietnam, a bill drafted by the State Bank of Vietnam failed to clearly define laundering activities, lawmakers said at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Do Van Duong from Ho Chi Minh City said the bill needs to clarify the types of money laundering, which range from investment into hotels [...]

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Vietnam chess stars ink sponsorship deals 

November 6, 2011
Vietnam chess stars ink sponsorship deals 

The 28-ranked GM Le Quang Liem (L) will receive US$150,000 from the Vietnam Chess Federation in four years, Photo by VnExpress. The Vietnam Chess Federation (VCF) on Thursday inked four-year sponsorship contracts worth US$200,000 with the country’s two best chess players, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son. The 20-year-old Liem, ranked 28th in [...]

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HCMC airport officer caught stealing money from passenger’s suitcase 

August 28, 2011
HCMC airport officer caught stealing money from passenger’s suitcase 

Ground services officers loading luggage at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Authorities at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport announced Thursday they had arrested a ground services officer for stealing money from a passenger’s suitcase, Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. Dao Van Cuong of Tan Son Nhat International Airport Ground Handling [...]

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Forest fortunes a deadly fantasy 

August 8, 2011
Forest fortunes a deadly fantasy 

  The temptation of million-dollar agarwood lures dreamers into a shadowy world of theft and murder deep in the jungle Tran Lieu, an agarwood hunter from Ai Nghia Town, Quang Nam Province, is among many locals recently romored to cultivate millions of dollars of ky nam, but the man insists that it is not true.  Nguyen Van [...]

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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...