Football fans who filled the Laos National Stadium to watch the finale of the 2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship on Friday got into a brawl much earlier before the match ended, when Thailand trounced Vietnam 6-0, prompting security forces to take an action. The situation first escalated into a fight between the Thai supporters and security officers at the Vientiane-based stadium, when the former burn flares to celebrate their team’s second goal against Vietnam, only ten minutes into the second half. The Thai took the lead in the 44th minute, in a match where their Vietnamese rivals hardly had a chance to score despite their full spirit to win. While the Laotians wanted to stop the fans from overreacting in their celebrations, the Thais refused to follow the order and the two ended up into a brawl. Some Vietnamese fans also reacted to what they deemed ‘ugly’ acts by their Thai counterparts by throwing bottles into them, which only turned the stadium into a … [Read more...] about Fans get into brawl as Thailand rout Vietnam 6-0 to win U19 title
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Police nab member of Laos-Vietnam drug ring, seizing 7 kg of heroin
Vietnamese border guards have seized 20 heroin bricks from a member of a ring that has trafficked drugs from Laos to Vietnam over the past three years. An anti-drug team from the High Command of the Border Guard in the central province of Nghe An caught Ha Ba Cu, a local 23-year-old man, carrying the heroin – which weighed about 7 kg – from Laos to Vietnam on Sunday. Cu was examined and seized when he was crossing the Nam Can International Border Gate in Nghe An at 12:20 am yesterday. Border guards seized the heroin, along with a cell phone and some papers, from Cu. He was charged with "illegally transporting drugs" pursuant to Article 194 of the Penal Code, the team said. Cu told investigators that he illegally crossed the border to enter Laos in 2011 and has lived in Lac Xao town of Bolykhamsay province since then. He also joined a transnational trafficking ring that included many Laotians and other Vietnamese people. The ring was well organized and had … [Read more...] about Police nab member of Laos-Vietnam drug ring, seizing 7 kg of heroin
New tour linking Vietnam, Thailand, Laos mulled
New tour linking Vietnam, Thailand, Laos mulled Dao Loan By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Vietnam’s Kon Tum Province and Thailand’s Ubonratchathani Province are cooperating in developing a road tour linking localities in the two countries and Laos via Bo Y border gate. Leaders of the two provinces have agreed that the new route going through eight provinces of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand will be launched next year. Their agreement also covers favorable conditions for easy transportation of passengers and goods in the three nations. Nguyen Xuan Truyen, deputy director of the Kon Tum Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said the province’s tourism sector wanted the road tour to become a regularly scheduled itinerary of travel agencies rather than a product only offered by them. Truyen said Kon Tum Province and relevant agencies of Laos will discuss further tourism cooperation after reaching an agreement with Thailand. Currently, tourism cars … [Read more...] about New tour linking Vietnam, Thailand, Laos mulled
Tourists change destination from Thailand to Vietnam
Tourists change destination from Thailand to Vietnam Dao Loan By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Some travel firms say they have recently received requests about fees and contracts to serve international tourists who previously planned to visit Thailand but then decided to come to Vietnam instead. Nguyen Duc Chi, deputy head of the travel division under the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that a travel firm in HCMC was preparing to serve around 1,400 American tourists in April. Those tourists at first planned to travel to Thailand, but have later changed decision to avoid political chaos there. According to other travel firms in HCMC, foreign partners now ask for information about service fees more frequently and make more bookings. Some partners said they wanted to find new destinations to replace Thailand. Tu Quy Thanh, director of Lien Bang Travelink, said that his company has received requests for information about service fees for 14 … [Read more...] about Tourists change destination from Thailand to Vietnam
Laos-Vietnam drug trafficking ring busted
Border guards in Vietnam's northwestern Dien Bien province and a security unit of Laos' Phongsaly province have raided several houses in a Lao hamlet, seizing heroin, weapons and assets worth over US$1.2 million. Colonel Le Quang Dan, head of the anti-drug crime department under the provincial Border Guard, said the joint force raided the homes of three alleged drug traffickers - Tong Dia, Tong Dinh and Chu Mua Ly - in Pa Hoc hamlet, Muong May district early on May 1. The joint force seized 34 cakes of heroin, 15.3kg of heroin powder, 64.5kg of additives used in heroin processing, five guns, 186 K56 rounds of ammunition, more than 1,000 rounds for sport guns, and 28kg of dynamite. The force also confiscated automobiles, an unspecified amount of money in both US dollars and Vietnamese dong; as well as gold, and tools and machinery used to refine heroin. The total value of these items is estimated at over VND25 billion, equivalent to US$1.2 million. Earlier on April 30, Ly Tung … [Read more...] about Laos-Vietnam drug trafficking ring busted