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A man in the northern province of Son La has been summoned by the police after killing a wild monkey and posting the clip and photos on Facebook. The man is Dinh Van Tam from Ngam Village, Song Pe Commune, Bac Yen District.  The photos about monkey killing A representative from the commune said on November 19 that Tam recently published the photos and clip about the killing on his Facebook. Tam was ordered to come to the local police station on November 16. The clip, which showed that Tam felt quite excited to kill the monkey, went viral on the social network, upsetting many people who thought it was a cruel and inhumane action. After facing strong public opposition, Tam removed the content about the case. According to Lawyer Quach Thanh Luc from Hanoi Lawyers’ Association, Dinh Van Tam could be fined from VND50-500 million (USD2,272-22,727). In 2016, a 24-year old man in Quynh Lap Commune, Nghe An Province, was also summoned by the police following publishing the killing … [Read more...] about Police interview monkey killer

Two foreign tourists drowned while bathing at a famous beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue. On November 18, a group of 21 Dutch tourists travelled from Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An Town to Thua Thien-Hue Province. They took lunch at a resort at Lang Co Town.  The water where the two Dutch nationals drowned. — Photo traveloka.vn At 11.15 am, Dirk Wapstra and Amoldus Crnelis Joannes Goedhart went for a swim in the nearby sea. Then, they were later found drowned. Amoldus Crnelis Joannes Goedhart was recovered by resort staff, while Dirk Wapstra was found by a fisherman. The two dead tourists have been taken to Hue Central Hospital while procedures to hand over the bodies are being carried out. … [Read more...] about Two foreign tourists drown in Hue beach

Health officers have revealed on November 19 that over 200 children tested positive with the Salmonella virus type 2 after they ate buffet and fell ill at Xuan Non Nursery School in Hanoi. Examining an ill child On November 15, many children at Xuan Non Nursery School developed diarrhoea, fever and abdominal cramps. Over the next 12 hours, 140 more children were admitted to hospital with similar symptoms. Two teachers were also poisoned. Nguyen Thi Nga, head of Xuan Non Nursery School, said the children attended a buffet at school with sausage, beef, sticky rice, vegetables, orange juice, lemonade and cakes. The food was prepared by Bao Tan Company in Dong Anh Town. Dong Anh District General Hospital received 96 children and Bac Thang Long Hospital received 46 children. Hanoi Department of Health asked Dong Da General Hospital to provide support. Two serious cases were transferred to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases. According to Tran Ngoc Tu, director of the Hanoi Food … [Read more...] about Hundreds of children suffer food poisoning

A family from the central province of Ha Tinh is so poor that it cannot afford treatment for a secondary school student struggling with bone cancer. Tran Thi Hoai Thu in Nam Ha Secondary School has been living with the disease for five months.  Thu is facing with bone cancer Her mother Ha Thi Kim Vuong, 55, said that the girl felt pains in her left leg and then the thigh became terribly swollen. Doctors at the provincial General Hospital told the family to take Thu to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi for further examinations. According to doctors at Viet Duc Hospital, Thu faces bone cancer, so she needs a long course in radiotherapy. Since then, she has had to leave school for the treatment at Viet Duc Hospital which is around 150 kilometres from home. It costs her family more than VND10 million (USD454.54) per round of treatment.  Thu and her mother After the fourth round of radiotherapy, Thu lost weight and most of her hair. Thu is the second daughter in her family. After … [Read more...] about Poor student battling bone cancer