At the launch on Thursday, Amid Sood, director of Google Cultural Institute, said while the international tourism sector is suffering from the pandemic, it is important that images showing the wonders of Vietnam are made readily available to a global audience. … [Read more...] about Virtual tours with Google’s ‘Wonders of Vietnam’
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New details in Essex lorry case revealed at court
London (VNA) – A British truck driver who discovered 39 dead Vietnamese migrants in a refrigerated lorry waited about 23 minutes before notifying police, a court was told on October 27. Maurice Robinson, 26, had collected the sealed container from the southeast English port of Purfleet after it had arrived on a cargo ship from Zeebrugge in Belgium, and opened its doors shortly afterwards in nearby Thurrock in the early hours of October 23 last year. Inside he found the bodies of the migrants who had suffocated to death after being trapped in the dark inside for at least 12 hours, in unbearably high temperatures. However, instead of immediately calling police, Robinson made several phone calls to others accused of roles in the people-trafficking scheme, a prosecutor told London’s Old Bailey court. He also drove the truck in a loop around the surrounding industrial area, taking 23 minutes before alerting officers, jurors in the trial of four men charged with involvement … [Read more...] about New details in Essex lorry case revealed at court
Essex lorry deaths: Four people-smugglers jailed for a total of 78 years
Nica was given 27 years, Hughes got 20 years in prison, Harrison was sentenced to 18 years, and Robinson was jailed for 13 years and four months - all for 39 counts of manslaughter and a people-smuggling conspiracy. On October 23, 2019, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese were discovered in the back of a refrigerated lorry at an industrial estate in Grays in Essex, near London. Autopsies concluded that the provisional cause of the death of the victims was a combination of hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation and hyperthermia, or overheating in an enclosed space./. … [Read more...] about Essex lorry deaths: Four people-smugglers jailed for a total of 78 years
More than 200 media outlets to cover 13th National Party Congress at the scene
Meanwhile, the standing board of the centre together with a health sub-committee serving the congress have conducted COVID-19 tests for Vietnamese and foreign reporters and technicians, as well as staff serving the congress. Regulations on interviews of delegates and news coverage have already been issued. … [Read more...] about More than 200 media outlets to cover 13th National Party Congress at the scene
Fruit and vegetable purchasing, distribution centre opens in Tien Giang
MM Vietnam Director of Supply Chain and Logistics, Brian Alan Luck, said the centre is expected to boost the consumption of OCOP (One Commune, One Product) goods and foster stronger ties with local suppliers, farming households, and cooperatives. … [Read more...] about Fruit and vegetable purchasing, distribution centre opens in Tien Giang