Angelina Jolie wrote in the visitors’ book of Cuc Gach restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City: "Thank you for wonderful lunch, beautiful place, good food. We look forward to next time" after she, Brad Pitt and their adopted Vietnamese children Pax Thien had lunch there at about 11:30 am on November 11. Angelina Jolie left Cuc Gach restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11, 2011. Photo: Na Son >> Jolie, Pitt bring adopted Vietnamese boy home >> Jolie, Pitt and children visit Con Dao Island … [Read more...] about Brangelina, Pax Thien enjoy lunch in HCMC
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HCMC court dismisses lawsuit on gold trading conflict
HCMC People's Court has issued a statement dismissing a lawsuit filed by a local gold trader against Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) for losses he suffered on the bank's gold trading floor. After investigating the request and evidence submitted by Tran Trong Nghia from Phu Nhuan District, the court said his three main requests in the lawsuit were either baseless or past the expiry date for filing a lawsuit according to the provisions of the Civilian Code. In 2007 Nghia signed up to participate on the ACB gold trading floor. On December 24, 2007, he placed an order to sell 3,000 taels of gold at the price of VND 15.69 million a tael and then was notified that 150 taels had been matched to the order by the gold floor's employees. As the gold price went down, he ordered to cancel the selling of the remaining 2,850 taels that had not been matched, and then reset the switch to sell the remaining amount at a lower price, at VND15.66 million a tael. However, by late afternoon, the bank … [Read more...] about HCMC court dismisses lawsuit on gold trading conflict
Petrol bomb: a new weapon of HCMC youth
A worrying phenomenon has recently emerged in Ho Chi Minh City where some youths have used home-made petrol bombs to attack rivals or settle personal conflicts Photo illustration Criminals become younger, more brutal in Vietnam Sociologists blame society for youth crimesA deadly hobby For some youths, throwing petrol bombs around is their hobby. Nguyen Phi Hung, living in Tan Thoi Hiep Ward in District 12, along with his friends, finds pleasures in making petrol bombs and throwing them at female workers who are going home from work. Huy, a leader of a group of youths with a similar hobby in Binh Hung Hoa Ward in HCMC's Binh Tan District, said: "My friends and I do it every night. We once threw 4 or 5 petrol bombs on the streets just to scare the passers-by." "When you light it, it's just a small torch. But when you throw the bottle and the glass breaks, there's fire everywhere." To illustrate what he said, Huy set off a petrol bomb and threw it at a garbage dump. There … [Read more...] about Petrol bomb: a new weapon of HCMC youth
Events scheduled in Hanoi & HCMC for January 8-14
MUSIC & PERFORMANCESHanoi & HCMC-Concert ‘Kuricorder and Friends’ Jan 12, 8pm, Youth Theatre, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hai Ba Trung District,Jan 14, 8pm, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du, Ben Thanh, District 1,Kuricorder Quartet, which is well known as a recorder ensemble group, play a variety of recorders and other musical instruments.The concert is part of the activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam – Japan diplomatic relations.Hanoi-Solo Flute Concert ‘Air/Sound’ by Laura Chislett Jan 12, 8pm Jan 9, 8pm Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, 68 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District, Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District,Hanoi-Hang Trong Folk Painting Exhibition ‘The New Classics’ Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, 97A Pho Duc Chinh Street, district 1 Jan 12, 7.30 pm Dtinews … [Read more...] about Events scheduled in Hanoi & HCMC for January 8-14
Shemales offer sex to steal from HCMC foreigners
A phenomenon in which trans-sexual ‘girls’ lured foreigners to hotel rooms to have sex and then stole their assets has recently been reported in Ho Chi Minh City, especially in District 1 – the backpacker’s area.* It is hard to identify them as trans-sexual girls as they look feminine and nice Two shemales offer sex to a foreigner at the 23-9 Park in District 1, HCMC Photo: Tuoi Tre * Shemales usually steal from foreign men when they are bathing in hotel rooms.* Some foreigners lost all money and had to withdraw money from ATMs to pay for taxis* There are organized rings of shemales in District 1. Those shemales target foreign men who wander on streets alone at night. Those men are called by shemales as “Tay mo coi” (“orphaned foreigners). Every night, shemales travel about the city downtown on luxury scooters to hunt for “preys”. Accompanying some District 1’s criminal policemen on the night of April 8, … [Read more...] about Shemales offer sex to steal from HCMC foreigners