• Bride broker crackdown 

    01/05/2011 05:00

    Experts say more must be done to ensure the safety and welfare of local women looking to marry abroad An illegal marriage broker bust conducted by Ho Chi Minh City police. Many Vietnamese women...

  • Beer for Bears 

    01/05/2011 05:00

    Rescued Moon bears at a forest sanctuary at Hon Me Wildlife Rescue Project in the southern province of Kien Giang A diverse group of Ho Chi Minh City residents on April 26 gathered to drink beer for bears. The event, Beer for Bears,...

  • Notary public, bank official arrested in $310,000 fraud 

    30/04/2011 05:00

    Police in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday arrested a notary public and a bank official for their alleged involvement in the swindling of nearly VND6.4 billion (US$310,227).   Phan Thanh Van from the Notary...

  • One third of sex workers have HIV 

    30/04/2011 05:00

    An estimated 30-40 percent of Vietnamese prostitutes are infected with HIV, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the Social Ills Prevention Department in Ho Chi Minh City. "Prostitutes have the third highest rate...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/4

    SOCIETY IN BRIEF 29/4

    28/04/2011 05:00

    High-quality Vietnamese goods fair opens in HCMC The High-quality Vietnamese Goods Fair 2011 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday with over 300 companies participating in the event. All the 300...

  • Ex-cops probed for corporal punishment suspicion in Nha Trang 

    28/04/2011 05:00

    Prosecutors in the central coastal resort town of Nha Trang Wednesday put two former officers under investigation for allegedly using “corporal punishment” against a theft suspect.   According to...

  • Family requests probe into man's suicide in custody  

    28/04/2011 05:00

    Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds her husband's photo at Binh Duong General Hospital Tuesday. Tuyen has demanded an investigation into her husband death. The family of a man who allegedly killed himself while in custody in the southern...

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