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A security guard at a house in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City accused the French director of FV Hospital of assault. Police in Thao Dien Ward, Thu Duc City confirmed on Monday they received the report from Vu Viet Hung, 57, who works as a private security guard at a house in Thao Dien. Hung accused Jean-Marcel Guillon, a French national and CEO of FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, of assaulting him. The Thao Dien police unit summoned Guillon for a working session but he had not showed up as of Monday afternoon. “Guillon said that he would be accompanied by a lawyer and representative of the French Consulate General," a police officer of Thao Dien Ward said. According to the procedure, after Guillon arrives at the police station, officers will invite relevant parties for statements before transferring the case to the Thu Duc City police unit. According to Hung’s report, he was guarding at the gate of a house on Nguyen Van Huong Street at around 11:35 pm on December 2. A … [Read more...] about French hospital director accused of assaulting security guard in Ho Chi Minh City

Tourists to HCM City (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – With its advantages in regional connectivity and a big number of visitors, Ho Chi Minh City has been chosen by other cities and provinces to organise activities aiming to boost tourism development . The People Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has recently launched a culture-tourism week in HCM City, which featured traditional culture like “khen” (panpipe) of the Mong ethnic minority group, “dan tinh” (handmade gourd lutes) and “hat then” (then singing), and Xoe dance and “nhay sap” (dancing with bamboo poles) – unique art forms of the Thai people in Lai Chau. The programme has contributed to promoting tourism cooperation between Lai Chau and the southern largest economic hub as well as other cities and provinces in the region, said Tong Thanh Hai, Standing Vice Chairman of the Lai Chau People’s Committee. Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands also organised a tourism promotion … [Read more...] about Tourism connectivity benefits HCM City, other localities

The 9th National Sports Games opening ceremony will officially take place on December 9. The Hanoi sports delegation has already affirmed its leading position in several competitions. The event, considered the largest in the history of sports in the country, will take place from December 9 to December 21 in Ha Long City- Quang Ninh Province and ten other provinces throughout the country. Diving is a strength of Hanoi athletes in National Sports Games 2022, Photo: VNA This is a four-year multi-sport event involving participants from provinces, cities of the first level of administrative division, police, the armed forces, education, and the training sector. On the eve of the opening of the national sports event, Hanoi's sports delegation reaped more success than expected, with a series of gold medals in billiards and snooker, diving, and shooting categories. Leading in Billiard-Snooker category In the Billiards and Snooker competitions that took place … [Read more...] about National Sports Games 2022: Hanoi Sports aims to lead gold medal tally

Earlier, from November 30 to December 2, the Indian ships docked in Ho Chi Minh City. The Naval Region 2 Command held a welcoming ceremony for the delegation and volleyball exchanges with officers and sailors of the Indian Navy ships within the framework of their friendship visit to the Southern hub. Brigade 167 sent a delegation to visit the Indian Navy ships and agreed on a joint training plan between the two sides. During the training, participating ships moved in formation, saluted each other at sea, exchanged information, practiced international signals, and exercised contents of the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES). According to Commander Nguyen Duc Thien, through joint training activities, the two sides exchanged experience to improve naval troops’ capability of moving in formation, using CUES, and conducting search and rescue. Despite unfavorable weather conditions and rough sea, the joint training concluded successfully thanks to the thorough preparation and … [Read more...] about Brigade 167 conducts joint training with Indian naval ships

The Cuban guest is paying an official visit to Vietnam and about to participate in the Vietnam International Defense Expo 2022 until December 12. At the meeting, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong stressed that the special relations between Vietnam and Cuba built by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro is always respected, fostered and developed by generations of party and state leaders, people and militaries of the two countries and has become a symbolic exemplary relationship of the era. The Vietnamese general confirmed that Vietnam never forgets the wholehearted support from Cuban party, government, people, military in its revolutionary and national construction cause. Vietnam treasures and deeply thanks the Cuban people for their sentiments and precious assistance to Vietnamese people in the fight against COVID-19. The host recalled his deep impression during the visit of the high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation, led by then Minister of National Defense … [Read more...] about Defense leader hosts Cuban general

An inspector for the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on Tuesday said the woman came to the Key Beauty Center facility in Phu Nhuan District for a liposuction on November 26. After receiving anesthesia, she began to display signs of heart and breathing stoppage. People tried to resuscitate her and transferred her to the Saigon ITO Phu Nhuan Hospital, then the Cho Ray Hospital, but she eventually died on November 29. Doctors suspected her cause of death to be anaphylactic shock following the administration of anesthesia. Authorities then performed a check on the Key Beauty Center, and discovered that the facility's billboard has been removed. The two-story building was under repair and rooms were being cleaned out. According to the health department, the landlord of the building said the person who rented it was in "skincare" business, but vacated and returned the building on December 1. The health inspector said the beauty center was not approved for consmetic surgeries. … [Read more...] about HCMC woman dies after anesthesia for liposuction