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Two people, including a four-year-old girl, died after a car plunged off a bridge in Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region on Thursday. The fatal traffic accident happened at a bypass of National Highway 20 at around 11:00 am. The vehicle involved in the incident was a Ford Everest with plate number 49A-063.64 driven by 54-year-old D.T.V., a resident of Di Linh District, and a four-year-old girl, who is only known as Nh. A Ford Everest falls into an abyss below the Nau Sri Bridge in Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, March 23, 2023. Photo: M.V. / Tuoi Tre V. and Nh. were en route from Da Lat City to Bao Loc when V. lost control of the car on the Nau Sri Bridge in Bao Loc, causing the vehicle go over the side of the bridge. Both of V. and Nh. died at the scene. The 200m-long Nau Sri Bridge is an unfinished part of a bypass project south of Bao Loc, which has been under construction since August 2017 and carries a price … [Read more...] about 2 dead after car falls from bridge in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications, at a working session on Wednesday with the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and representatives from many U.S. enterprises, called on U.S enterprises to support Vietnamese enterprises, especially SMEs, in digital transformation. Following a working session with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the USABC and U.S. enterprises, who are in Vietnam to seek cooperation, investment, and business opportunities, held a meeting with the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications. A view of the working session between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council. Photo: Duong Giang / Tuoi Tre USABC President and CEO Ted Osius took time from the meeting to share his appreciation for the potential of Vietnam’s digital economy. According to Osius, U.S. enterprises are paying attention to the Southeast Asian country’s policies aimed at boosting the digital economy, … [Read more...] about Vietnam calls for U.S. support in digital transformation

Four flight attendants of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines who were taken into custody last week for transporting 11.4 kilograms of ecstasy and meth from France to Vietnam were released on Wednesday afternoon. According to Ho Chi Minh City investigators, there is no ground to file criminal charges against them. However, the case is still under investigation. Police said the flight attendants -- Vo Tu Quynh, Tran Thi Thu Ngan, Nguyen Thanh Thuy, and Dang Phuong Van -- did not know that they were carrying drugs. Last Thursday, customs officials at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City detected 8.4 kilograms of grey tablets and 3.080 kilograms of white powder, which are ecstasy and methamphetamine, in the four flight attendants’ carry-on luggage. The drugs were found in toothpaste tubes. Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that based on investigation results, relevant agencies … [Read more...] about 4 Vietnam Airlines flight attendants released after being caught transporting drugs

Ho Chi Minh City’s ongoing traffic difficulties only worsened in 2022, with traffic jams turning more serious and several new congestion hotspots recorded, according to Nguyen Thanh Loi, deputy head of the municipal traffic safety committee. In addition to increasingly serious congestion, the number of traffic accidents in the city also rose compared to 2021, Loi added. New congestion hotspots In 2022, traffic jams were commonplace near Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Tan Binh District and Cat Lai Port in Thu Duc City, the official elaborated. Congestion occurs on a route leading to Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Chau Tuan / Tuoi Tre In addition, gateway routes into and out of Ho Chi Minh City such as National Highway No.1, the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway, and the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong Expressway were often overloaded during peak hours. Six new congestion locations were recorded in the city last year, … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City records 6 new congestion hotspots in 2022

The Vietnam Golf Association has issued an announcement on the suspension of a golf tournament, which was set to take place at Heron Lake Golf Course in Vinh Phuc Province, northern Vietnam, from March 23 to 25, following a sting which caught 22 participating golfers gambling. The announcement was sent to teams taking part in the VGA Union Cup 2023 golf tournament by the deputy secretary general of the association on Thursday. The golf tournament will be rescheduled for a future date, said the association. Sixteen golfers from two teams were originally scheduled to play eight matches in the tournament. Most of these golfers are entrepreneurs from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and other localities. The Criminal Police Department on Monday teamed up with the Vinh Phuc Province police department to carry out a sting on a five-star hotel in Vinh Yen City where 22 of the tournament’s participating golfers were caught gambling and playing poker. Police involved in the investigation … [Read more...] about Golf tournament in Vietnam’s Vinh Phuc suspended over illegal gambling

People around Vietnam will turn off their electric lights for an hour on Saturday evening to show support for a global campaign called Earth Hour, which is aimed at enhancing the need to act on climate change and power saving. The World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event was initiated in Sydney, Australia in 2007, while Vietnam first took part in the environmental campaign in 2009. The Landmark 81 building in Ho Chi Minh City gradually loses its glow during the 2020 Earth Hour. Photo : Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre To respond to this year’s Earth Hour campaign, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has called for action to save the planet by turning off lights for one hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Saturday, March 25. The ministry teamed up with the Hoa Binh People’s Committee to organize a ceremony to launch the 2023 Earth Hour campaign nationwide in the northern province on Thursday. Many buildings on the Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho … [Read more...] about Let’s switch off lights for Earth Hour in Vietnam!

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health said at a virtual meeting with the health authority of Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday that it is willing to assist the southern metropolis in rolling out community healthcare projects. The virtual meeting featured discussions on healthcare services between the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health and the Cuban ministry’s primary healthcare board, as well as Cuban health experts. The Cuban side will dispatch two public health experts to Ho Chi Minh City to survey and discuss what needs to be done to facilitate community-based healthcare services in the city. The Health Ministry of Cuba also invited the city’s health delegation to visit Cuba and learn from its public healthcare system. Earlier at the meeting, Ailuj Casanova Baroto, head of the Cuban primary healthcare board, briefed participants on the Caribbean island's  public healthcare system, which is considered one of the most effective healthcare systems in the world. Cuba’s healthcare … [Read more...] about Cuba pledges support for community healthcare development in Ho Chi Minh City

At the event (Photo: congthuong.vn) HCM City (VNA) – There is no shortage of room for Vietnam and Mexico to promote their commercial cooperation , especially in the fields of energy, telecommunications, high-tech agriculture and high value added industry, said experts at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23. Aiming at such promotion, the event was co-organised by the Investment & Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC), the Mexican Embassy in Vietnam, and the Mexican Consulate General in the southern metropolis. Currently, Mexico is Vietnam's second largest trading partner in Latin America and Vietnam is Mexico's eighth in Asia, said ITPC Vice Director Cao Thi Phi Van at the workshop. The ties have been expanded continuously over the past years, notably after the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force at the beginning of 2019, she added. As per statistics of the General Department of … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Mexico see ample room for trade cooperation: workshop

Vietnamese authorities are in the process of verifying and investigating the case of Minh Quoc Nguyen, a Vietnamese national wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in a US$3 billion money laundering scheme. A screenshot of the FBI’s wanted notice against Minh Quoc Nguyen Discussing the case during a regular press briefing held on March 23 in Hanoi, Pham Thu Hang, deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the nation is a responsible state actor in the fight, prevention, and control of hi-tech and transnational crimes. Hang noted that any actions which make use of cyberspace to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of agencies and personal organisations will be investigated and handled in accordance with the law. This comes after the FBI under the United States Department of Justice confirmed that it is in the process of hunting for Minh Quoc Nguyen, a Vietnamese national, for his alleged involvement in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam launches investigation into local man wanted by FBI

The police in Ho Chi Minh City have busted a human trafficking ring involving Malaysian nationals that allegedly deceived 30 Indonesians for property appropriation in Vietnam. Six Malaysian suspects at the police station (Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Police) The Indonesian nationals said they had been incited by a group of Malaysian nationals to get employment in Vietnam. Upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh City, they were locked inside a building on 455 Binh Quoi street in Binh Thanh district where they were forced to hand in passports and phones and pretend to be bank employees and other Indonesian authorities making scam calls back to Indonesia in order to swindle money from people. Hearing about the news, the Ho Chi Minh City police raided the building, but all of the Malaysian suspects thought to be involved in the scam had fled. By profession, the police later arrested six of the suspects at Tan Son Nhat hotel. The Malaysians then confessed that they had already … [Read more...] about 30 Indonesians fall victim to Malaysia human trafficking ring in Vietnam