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A woman from Hanoi has been investigated on suspicion of organizing an illegal surrogacy service and charging her client VND700 million (US$29,500). Officers in Long Bien District, Hanoi confirmed on Monday they initiated legal proceedings against Phan Thi Hang Oanh, 35, on charges of organizing surrogacy for commercial purposes and Tran Thanh Son, 37, for faking documents from official agencies and organizations. Police investigation showed that Oanh created a Facebook group to connect surrogate mothers, egg sellers, and people who need surrogacy in order to organize the process for commercial purposes. In March 2020, 35-year-old H.D.M. from Hanoi wanted to have a child and asked Oanh to help him look for a surrogate. According to their agreement, Oanh would find an egg seller to combine the egg with M.’s sperm to create the embryos, as well as look for a surrogate mother. M. would have to pay Oanh VND700 million in return. Oanh then contacted Le Thi L., 32, from northern … [Read more...] about Hanoi woman investigated for organizing illegal surrogacy

Read what is in the news today: Politics -- Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, received Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education of India, on Tuesday during his working visit to the southern Vietnamese city. Society -- Typhoon Noru weakened after making landfall in central Vietnam from Da Nang City to Quang Nam Province at 3:30 am on Wednesday, packing winds of 117km per hour. Heavy rains are forecast for the next hours while flash floods and landslides are expected as well. -- A rain triggered by the circulation of Typhoon Noru coincided with high tide peaking on the Saigon River on Tuesday afternoon, submerging roads and stalling vehicles in Ho Chi Minh City. -- Vietnam’s investigative security agency arrested and initiated legal proceedings against Nguyen Quang Linh, assistant to Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, on Tuesday on charges of accepting bribes related to … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — September 28

A rainstorm triggered by the circulation of Typhoon Noru coincided with high tide peaking on the Saigon River on Tuesday afternoon, submerging roads and stalling vehicles in Ho Chi Minh City. The water level in canals across Ho Chi Minh City began to rise and flow into the streets at around 5:00 pm. As a result, several streets in low-lying District 7 such as Tran Xuan Soan and Huynh Tan Phat were dozens of centimeters below water, impeding traffic. An alley down Huynh Tan Phat Street is submerged under floodwaters in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, September 27, 2022. Photo: Tuoi Tre Many commuters tried to wade through the inundated routes, while several others ended up with broken-down vehicles. Local vendors also struggled as floodwaters submerged their stalls. A woman displays her food stall on a flooded alley down Huynh Tan Phat Street in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, September 27, 2022. Photo: Tuoi Tre “This road has been flooded … [Read more...] about Concurrence of rain, high tide causes misery on Ho Chi Minh City streets

HANOI -- Vietnam on Wednesday downgraded Typhoon Noru to a tropical depression, but warned residents to stay on alert because of the risks from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain, the government said. The storm made landfall in the early hours with winds of 117kph (72mph) in the province of Quang Nam, home to the historic city of Hoi An and resort of Danang, the weather agency told state media. "I don't know if my roof has been torn down yet. The wind is just too strong," Le Thi Buoi, 70, said by telephone from a shelter in the coastal community of Tam Ky. "You can hear it's roaring even inside this shelter," she said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but photographs posted on social media and on state media showed downed trees and mudslides blocking roads. Noru was the strongest storm to hit the neighbouring Philippines this year and killed at least eight people when it made landfall on Sunday night, flooding farmland and communities and damaging … [Read more...] about Vietnam downgrades Typhoon Noru to tropical storm, but warns of flood risks

The fertility rates in many regions across Vietnam increased in 2020 and 2021 due to the impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns, according to Nguyen Doan Tu, director general of the General Department of Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health. The regions with higher fertility rates include both those with a pre-pandemic birth rate below the replacement level and those above it. In rural areas, the average number of children per woman rose to 2.29 in 2020 from 2.11 in 2010. Notably, the corresponding figure for the densely-populated Red River Delta shot up from 2.04 to 2.34 during the ten-year period. Ho Chi Minh City, which had reported a fertility rate of 1.35 children per woman in 2017, the lowest for the country, also saw the average number of children per woman go up to 1.48 in 2021. The southern metropolis is projected to hit a fertility rate of 1.6 children per woman by 2030. The increase in fertility rates is attributed to couples having more time … [Read more...] about COVID-19 lockdowns increase Vietnam’s fertility rate: population official

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung was expelled from the Party following his arrest over the allegations of receiving bribes during the organization of repatriation flights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on Tuesday to consider the disciplinary actions against Deputy Minister Dung and Nguyen Quang Linh, assistant to the permanent deputy prime minister. The Secretariat stated that Dung lacked responsibility and violated the Party's regulations and state's laws in directing and organizing repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deputy minister was also investigated and arrested on suspicion of bribery. Meanwhile, Linh took advantage of his position, compromised working principles, and violated the Party's regulations and the state's laws during the selection of enterprises to organize repatriation flights … [Read more...] about Vietnamese deputy foreign minister expelled from Party