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The policewoman creating a fracas at the Saigon airport, and a senior cop throwing trash at one rest stop staff and slapping another in northern Vietnam have lost their jobs. Captain Le Thi Hien, 36, with the Dong Da District traffic police, was caught on camera shoving and shouting at people at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport in August. The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam imposed a flight ban on Hien as she created a huge disturbance at the the international airport. She also used offensive language against airport staff and pulled the hair of a security agent. A video screenshot shows Le Thi Hien at a check-in counter in Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, August 11, 2019. Dong Da police suspended her for a month for "displaying behavior that violated public etiquette for People’s Army personnel." She was also removed from the Party. Following this, Hien submitted her resignation from the police force. The decision on her … [Read more...] about Arrogant Vietnamese cops get the boot for harassing civilians

Overall, on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), 132 stocks gained and 197 stocks lost at the end of Monday’s session. This is the index’s fifth losing session in a row, and eighth losing session since it peaked at 1024.91 points two weeks ago. Blue-chips and banking stocks were the biggest drag on the VN-Index this session, with the VN30-Index, which represents Vietnam’s 30 highest market cap stocks, falling 0.69 percent to 920.95 points. VNM shares of Vinamilk, Vietnam’s biggest dairy company, and VCB shares of Vietcombank, one of Vietnam’s three biggest state-owned lenders, saw the biggest drops among the 30 blue-chips, having fallen 2.2 and 2.1 percent respectively. VIC shares of Vietnam’s biggest private conglomerate Vingroup fell 1.5 percent, while VHM shares of its real estate subsidiary Vinhomes and VRE of its retail arm Vincom Retail closed at the same starting price. FPT shares of tech giant FPT fell 1.1 percent, followed by PNJ of Phu … [Read more...] about Vietnam stock market hits 3-month low

The 55-year-old man has reportedly confessed to killing his 30-year-old Vietnamese wife with a knife Saturday, about three months into their marriage. South Korea's daily newspaper Kukmin Ilbo cited Yangju police as saying the body was later buried in North Jeolla Province’s Wanju County. Wanju County is a three to four hour journey by train from Yangju City in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. An acquaintance of the Vietnamese wife, whose identity has not been revealed, informed local police that she was missing at 11 a.m. Saturday. At the police station, the South Korean husband is said to have confessed to the murder, saying it happened over "various issues between the couple," JoongAng Ilbo, another daily, reported. South Korea's largest English-language daily,Korea Herald, meanwhile, said the police have requisitioned an autopsy and an arrest warrant for the man. Last month, South Korea’s Justice Ministry said a new amendment to the country’s … [Read more...] about South Korean man accused of murdering Vietnamese wife

Representatives of Hoan My Group receive the Viet Nam Hospital of the Year award in Singapore. — Photo courtesy of Hoan My Group Hoan My Medical Group has been named the Viet Nam Hospital of the Year at the 2019 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards in Singapore. The group said the awards, which were organised last week, marked the fourth title in a row in terms of the country’s best hospital. Hanh Phuc International Hospital, a member of the Hoan My Group, also won the Hospital Management Asia Awards and an Excellence Award for Most Improved Local Hospital for 2019. The hospital’s CEO, Nguyen Thuc Anh, was awarded the gold award for ‘Hospital CEO of the Year’. Hoan My Group was listed in the ‘Top 100 Best Places to Work in Viet Nam’ in 2018 by Anphabe (a career community network) and Intage (a market research company) through a survey of 74,481 employees from 674 companies in 24 industries. The annual Frost & Sullivan … [Read more...] about Hoan My Medical Group receives Viet Nam Hospital of the Year award

Various types of confectionery containing cannabis have been found being sold online in Vietnam, prompting competent authorities to tighten control over such products. A lot of online stores have been selling and advertising candies, lollipops, and chocolate with cannabis flavor on social media. These products do not bear any brands or labels, while shop owners advertise them as “exotic foods” to attract buyers, who are mainly young people liking to experience new things. The cannabis lollipops often sell for VND27,000-35,000 (US$1.17-1.51) apiece. These shops also offer white and dark chocolate that contains cannabis oil or seeds. Most sellers claim their confectionery is imported from Europe and restocked once every two weeks. H.N., one of the sellers, said that the products come at an affordable price because they only contain a small amount of cannabis. N. stated she began selling the type of confectionery in late 2018 and has delivered about 70 orders so far. … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, cannabis candies traded widely online