A suspect perpetrator in the sexual harassment against foreign nationals in Tây Hồ District that was summoned to the local police. — Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình on Friday asked Hà Nội authorities to swiftly investigate media reports of several foreign women being sexually harassed in the city's Tây Hồ District. In a directive dated March 5, Bình noted several local news outlets have carried stories saying that since the end of January throughout February 2021, a number of mask-wearing men driving motorbikes with covered licence plates in Tây Hồ reportedly sexually harassed several foreign women as well as some Vietnamese individuals. A large number of women reported being victims of harassment, leading to the fact that many foreign women residing in Hà Nội “feel scared when they are in Tây Hồ District and do not dare go outside when it’s dark,” the directive cited media reports. Deputy PM Bình asked the Hà Nội People’s Committee to direct authorities to swiftly verify the reports and strictly handle the offenders, as well as publicise the investigation results on mass media. The Hà Nội criminal police unit will work with Tây Hồ District’s police to investigate the incidents – including obtaining accounts from witnesses and checking surveillance cameras in the areas – and prosecute the perpetrators. To date, the police of Quảng An Ward, Tây Hồ District, said they have received reports from four foreign women (three residing in Quảng An Ward, one in Tứ Liên Ward) claiming that they have been the victims of street harassment – including indecent language, sexual harassment and inappropriate touching and groping – perpetrated by groups of 15-20-year-old males. One suspect, a male residing in Ba Đình District, was summoned to speak with police on February 26 for alleged involvement in the case. The US Embassy in Hà Nội said in a Facebook post that it is aware of the reports and urged US citizens to …
Hà Nội to re-open religious establishments, relic sites on March 8
People prayed outside the closed-for-public Quán Thánh Temple in Hà Nội on February 16, when the order to shut down religious sites and streetside stalls took effect. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Religious establishments, relic sites and temples in Hà Nội will re-open on March 8 with preventive measures being still in place after they were temporarily closed to contain local COVID-19 outbreaks, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chử Xuân Dũng said. However, he underlined at a meeting on Thursday that religious activities should be downsized, and organised online to prevent the spread of the virus. Dũng ordered localities to enhance inspections and punish any violations of pandemic prevention, particularly restaurants, coffee shops, tea stalls and karaoke parlours, among others who resume operations without getting permission. Additionally, drastic measures must be deployed to monitor people coming from pandemic-hit areas, while online health declarations using QR code should be carried out from Friday, he added. The capital city has gone 17 days without any new community COVID-19 infections. Thirty-five cases have been logged in the city since the latest COVID-19 wave hit the country on January 27. Although the pandemic has been put under control, the city needs to strictly follow the prevention measures set out by the Government, the municipal Party Committee and the municipal People’s Committee. Communication work will be promoted to raise public awareness of the prevention measures, particularly the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: 5K message: khẩu trang (face mask), khử khuẩn (disinfection), khoảng cách (distance), không tụ tập (no gathering) and khai báo y tế (health declaration). Hải Phòng allows resuming of public activities Hải Phòng City, which borders the current largest COVID-19 hotbed of Hải Dương, has allowed a number of public activities and services to resume as the COVID-19 situation in the …
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Three-year-old girl who fell from 12th storey discharged from hospital
HÀ NỘI — The three-year-old girl who fell from the 12th storey of an apartment building in Hà Nội and was saved by a delivery man was discharged from hospital on Friday morning after five days of treatment for a dislocated hip. The National Children's Hospital said the baby's hip joints were put back in place and she now is now in a stable condition. The child will return to hospital in a couple of weeks for a check-up. The three-year-old girl who fell from the 12th storey of an apartment building in Hà Nội says goodbye to a doctor at the National Children's Hospital. VNA/VNS Photo Her mother told Vietnamplus.vn that her family was deeply grateful to the hospital’s medical workers for their dedicated care and treatment. Her survival and recovery brought huge joy to her family, she said. At about 5.30pm on February 28, the three-year-old girl climbed over a balcony railing of a 12th storey apartment on Hà Nội’s Nguyễn Huy Tưởng Street. Hearing desperate screams from neighbours living in an adjacent building, Nguyễn Ngọc Mạnh, a truck driver from Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District, rushed to save her. Mạnh, 31, climbed onto the corrugated roof of a small structure on the ground floor moments before the three-year-old girl lost her grip. As she plummeted to the corrugated roof, Mạnh managed to grab her and pluck the baby to safety. People were moved by Mạnh’s bravery, hailing him a hero. — VNS …
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