Police reads temporary detention warrant for Vu Trong Luong (Source: VNA) Ha Giang (VNA) – The investigation bureau of the Ha Giang police on July 20 began criminal proceedings against and issued a three-month temporary detention warrant for Vu Trong Luong, born in 1978, for his involvement in the national high school graduation exam cheating scandal in the northern mountainous province. Luong, who is Deputy Chief of the Examination and Quality Management Division under the provincial Department of Education and Training, is charged with “abusing position and power while on duty”. Initial investigation revealed that Luong took advantage of his position and power to intervene in the results of 330 multiple-choice test sheets of 114 students in Ha Giang which were adjusted up over 1.0 point each. Several students ended up with results more than 20 marks higher than they should have got. Some even enjoyed 29.95 marks better off. The act of raising … [Read more...] about Man arrested for involvement in exam cheating in Ha Giang
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Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Human traffickers are getting more sophisticated – using high tech methods such as mobile phones and social media accounts to target young girls in remote mountainous areas leaving enforcements agencies with a mountain to climb to keep the girls safe. Colonel Tống Chính Phúc, head of the Lào Cai Province Border Guard’s Department of Drug and Crime Prevention and Control told Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper that human traffickers targeted teen girls between 15-16 years old who were not well-educated and had limited social awareness or under disadvantaged circumstances. They developed new techniques such as using mobile phones or social networks to approach the victims. As a result, victims were found in new areas such as Yên Bái, Hà Giang, Sơn La and Điện Biên and many were secondary and high school students, he said. Châu Thị Dung (not her real name), 17, … [Read more...] about Traffickers getting high-tech using phones to lure girls
‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
A 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities said. Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, joined a long list of U.S. campuses where students and faculty have been killed in a spray of gunfire. The Texas shooting stoked the nation’s long-running debate over firearms ownership and came about three months after 17 teens and educators were fatally shot in Parkland, Florida. Students said the gunman, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, opened fire in an art class shortly before 8 a.m. Students and staff fled and a fire alarm triggered a full evacuation. Classmates described Pagourtzis as a quiet loner who played on the football team. On Friday, they said, he wore the trench coat to school in Santa Fe, about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Houston, on a day when temperatures topped 90 … [Read more...] about ‘Loner’ student shoots and kills 10 at Texas school
A man on a mission to clean up the beaches
VietNamNet Bridge – Locals and tourists of southern Vung Tau City are used to seeing a young man run along the beach every early morning. Young people experience running and picking up rubbish in Vung Tau City. — Photo courtesy of project Chạy Nhặt Nguyen Tan Phat is a man on a mission. He’s not there to enjoy the view, he’s there to collect rubbish others have discarded. Born and bred in the coastal city, Phat has always had a strong bond with the ocean. But year on year he can’t help but notice the increase in the amount of plastics washing up on the shore. “When I was a child going to the beach seeing locals catch fish, I never saw rubbish stuck in the fishing nets,” the 29-year-old said. “But now it is easy to notice rubbish tangled with fish. “Fish eat plastic. Then what will happen if people consume fish? “At some point, I feel very frustrated by the overwhelming amount of trash and this … [Read more...] about A man on a mission to clean up the beaches
“Classical music made me an unselfish man”: award-winning pianist
VietNamNet Bridge - Luu Duc Anh, 26, has won many prizes, including first prize at the 2017 Stockholm International Piano Competition and Special Prize in the Alain Marinaro Competition in Collioure, France. Luu Duc Anh: Art is an invisible world existing with the real world What do you think is the most precious thing for a pianist? It is a sincere heart, and a willingness to share with other people. Art is an invisible world existing with the real world. It only consists of the most beautiful things. The task of the artists is to go to that world, bring the knowledge to the audience in the real world to make it better. What have you gained studying piano? The most valuable thing that classical music brings to me is helping me become a good, unselfish man, someone who is willing to share with people and love people. It helps me grow into a person of discipline, a virtue shaped after many years, months and hours of practicing piano. Also, I can obtain large knowledge about … [Read more...] about “Classical music made me an unselfish man”: award-winning pianist