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Besides northern specialities, people in the city can also find specialities from southern and central regions such as Ca Mau dried shrimp with/without shell, Soc Trang pia cake, Hoa Loc mango, Nam Roi pomelo, Lai Vung mandarin, Tra Vinh banh Tet, dried snakehead fish, Nghe An beef paste, and others. … [Read more...] about Tet specialities from all over the country available in HCM City

Nguyen Thanh from Binh Tan District said that she had thought that supermarkets would be deserted, but it turned out to be totally different. Most of stalls were jammed and people had to squeeze in to select products.  … [Read more...] about HCM City supermarkets congested even at late night on Tet

HCM City (VNA) – Police of Ho Chi Minh City seized the largest-ever volume of drugs and uncovered a big number of sophisticated and transnational drug rings in 2019. Last year, the municipal police seized 356kg of heroin, 1.36 tonnes of synthetic drugs, 5.8kg of cocaine, 40.8kg of marijuana, and more than 39kg of other drug types. They also dealt with nearly 4,000 people involved in drug trading, storage and transportation. Notably, on March 27, 2019, police detained Chen Tsen Wei (born in 1986) and seized 895 heroin bricks while this Taiwanese national was driving a truck near the An Suong roundabout in Trung My Tay ward of District 12. This is the biggest amount of heroin caught red-handed in Vietnam so far. Probing into this case, police found that Chen was part of a transnational ring led by Yu Chi Fu, a Taiwanese born in 1953. Up to 446 heroin bricks were discovered on November 3 when police searched five suspected locations in the suburbs of HCM City. The drugs were … [Read more...] about HCM City police seize biggest-ever drug amount in 2019

The city leaders spent spend one minute to commemorate lifelong devotion of the President to the revolutionary career and national independence. On the same day, the delegation visited Ho Chi Minh City Martyrs Cemetery in District 9 to offer flowers, incense and commemorate Vietnamese heroic mothers, heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the national independence. After that, they respectively visited the HCMC Martyrs Cemetery in Thu Duc District, and offered incense, flowers to President Ho Chi Minh at Ho Chi Minh City Museum Branch in the city and Ton Duc Thang Museum. … [Read more...] about City leaders offer incense, flowers to late President Ho Chi Minh

The mass migration through Tien Giang Province on January 22, 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre The mass migration through Tien Giang Province on January 22, 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre Police officers help a woman after she fell on the road on January 22, 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre Vehicles swarm a road leading to the Mekong Delta on January 22, 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre A family of three on a motorbike to get back to their hometown on January 22, 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre A jam on the Rach Mieu Bridge linking Tien Giang and Ben Tre Provinces on January 22, 2020. Photo: Mau Truong / Tuoi Tre Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! … [Read more...] about Mass migration back to Mekong Delta from Ho Chi Minh City for Tet