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Nguyen Kim Hung, also known as Hung “kính”, the infamous mastermind of a parking racket in Hanoi’s Long Bien wholesale market, died of end-stage liver disease on Wednesday at Ha Dong General Hospital. Hanoi market porter gang jailed for extorting merchants Leader of protection racket at Long Bien market arrested Nguyen Kim Hung, aka Hung “kính”, is sent to prison after the sentence hearing. — VNA/VNS Photo Doan Tuan Hung was hospitalised at 0:10am this morning in grim condition and he passed away at 11:31am despite intensive care treatment, according to the hospital. His body is being preserved in the hospital’s morgue, the hospital said. Earlier, on July 26, Ha Noi People’s Court announced sentences against Nguyen Kim Hung and his four accomplices Nguyen Huu Tien, Le Thanh Hai, Nguyen Manh Long and Duong Quoc Vuong for the crime of appropriating assets under Article 170, of the 2015 Criminal Code. According to … [Read more...] about Long Bien Market parking racket mastermind died

Vietjet signed the international credit loans with a prestigious group of regional and international banks On November 15, Vietjet organised the signing ceremony for the unsecured, international medium and long-term syndicated loan at one of the best interest rates in the market today. The participating international banks included Woori Bank, ICBC, and KEB Hana Bank, of which Woori Bank is the Mandated Lead Arranger. Additionally, Vietjet entered into a credit financing agreement with Woori Bank for a total of $140 million. The programme is going to arrange an additional amount of $200 million with another international bank very soon. Vietjet will use these foreign currency sources to expand its fleet With Vietjet’s high growth potential, the financing agreements helped increase medium- and long-term foreign currency sources to meet the needs of expanding its modern fleet in line with the company’s long-term international growth strategy. Vietjet has been … [Read more...] about Vietjet signs credit loan for medium and long-term financing programme

  Nurimaru APEC House where RoK-ASEAN Commemorative Summit 2019 will take place. — Photo courtesy of the KTO HÀ NỘI — South Korea is stepping up its efforts to attract visitors from ASEAN with a special programme from November 20 to December 11. The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will run the campaign 'Korea Welcomes You! ASEAN Welcome Week 2019' to celebrate 30 years since the establishment of the ASEAN-South Korea diplomatic relationship and South Korea-ASEAN Commemorative Summit 2019 which will take place in Busan on November 25-26. Booths with information in Vietnamese, English, Thai, Burmese and Indonesian will be arranged at Incheon International Airport, Myeongdong Street (Seoul) and Haeundae beach (Busan). At these booths, tourists from ASEAN will receive gifts and coupon books which offer discounts up to 20 per cent for more than 50 major tourist … [Read more...] about South Korea to give week-long welcome for tourists from ASEAN

The exhibition will start on November 22 at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.  The ancient Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in the past.  The exhibition titled “Hanoi Citadel – Once an Imprint” will showcase photos and documents of Hanoi Citadel under the Nguyen dynasty and the French colonialist rule. The exhibition, which is jointly held by the Thang Long – Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center and the National Archives Center I, will be open to the public at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on November 22. This is the first exhibition that shows the diversity of the Nguyen dynasty imperial documents and the French materials including images, maps, and drawings about the Thang Long- Hanoi Citadel. "Citadel of Hanoi: Once an Imprint" aims to represent a vivid and sincere vision of Thang Long - Citadel of Hanoi under the Nguyen dynasty and the influence of the French colonial style on the ancient city (1802-1945). As a result, the values in terms of … [Read more...] about Exhibition reenacts old-time Hanoi in Nguyen dynasty

Human activities in the Son Tra Nature Reserve had changed the basic instincts of langurs and monkeys, while threatening the primate population with human-to-wildlife transmitted diseases, according to biologist Tran Huu Vy. A troupe of endangered red-shanked douc langurs can be found living near a resort in Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang. Booming construction and poor control of mass tourism has threatened the existance of the species and biodiversity in the reserve. — VNS Photo Le Phuoc Chin Rangers have witnessed the red-shanked douc langur – an endangered primate only found living in Vietnam and Laos – crossing power lines to seek food in separated jungles. Scientists have voiced their concerns about the negative impacts on the habitat of monkeys and langurs in the Son Tra reserve caused by humans feeding them. The city has yet to find an effective solution to deal with the conflict between humans and wildlife in the reserve, including feeding wildlife, … [Read more...] about Sustainable protection needed for Son Tra Reserve