Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, detected and seized 12 heroin cakes from two Vietnamese-Australian women who were about to fly to Australia on Tuesday. P.T.D., 36, and P.T.T.Q, 31, both of Vietnamese nationality, were caught hiding the cakes in their suitcases when they were carrying out procedures to board flight VN773 to Sydney on May 21. The total weight of the heroin cakes is 4.18 kg. Customs offers made a report about their findings and handed over the traffickers and the heroin to anti-drug police for investigation. In a related news, earlier this year police in Ho Chi Minh City proposed that the local prosecutor's office indict 56-year-old Nguyen Thi Minh Loan, a Vietnamese-Australian woman, for drug trafficking. Loan was caught carrying 1.2 kg of a white, powdery substance in her suitcase at Tan Son Nhat on May 18, 2012, as she was about to leave Vietnam for Australia. Later tests on the suspicious powder confirmed that it was … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-Australians seized with 4 kg of heroin at airport
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Connecting two countries through Vietnamese – Australian food
The Consulate General of Vietnam in Sydney on May 17 organized a party to introduce unique dishes combining Australia's ingredients and Vietnam's spices, prepared by chef Nhut Huynh. This is one of the significant activities on the occasion of Vietnam and Australia marking the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations (1973-2013). At the event, Consul General of Vietnam in Sydney Mai Phuoc Dung highly appreciated the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and Australia, and affirmed the growing strong ties between the two countries. Consul General Mai Phuoc Dung emphasized the creativeness in cuisine of chef Nhut Huynh, contributing to preserving and developing the culinary elite of Vietnam as well as having a profound significance when combining the cuisine of Vietnam and Australia to create new dishes. At the party, the guests enjoyed the traditional dishes of Vietnam, such as spring rolls, shredded chicken, and grilled shrimp paste with a very special flavour, which brings in … [Read more...] about Connecting two countries through Vietnamese – Australian food
Vietnamese-Australian Guitarist to Perform At Home
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Vietnamese-Australian classical guitarist Le Hoang Minh returns home to perform in a concert entitled "Le Hoang Minh and Friends" at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music tonight. Minh will play masterpieces by famous composers including Italy's Domenico Scarlatti, Castelnouvo, Giulio Regondi, Japan's Toru Takemitsu and more together with local guitarists Cao Hong Ha and Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao. Money raised from the show will be donated to the fund supporting young talented guitarists of the HCMC Conservatory of Music. Le Hoang Minh was born in 1978 and began playing music at the age of nine, while living in Viet Nam. He then moved to Australia with his family in 1991 and studied at the Canberra School of Music, Australian National University under the supervision of leading Australian guitarist Timothy Kain. After graduating with flying colors, Minh continued to undertake postgraduate studies and completed a Master course. He joined the Guitar Trek band in October 1999 … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-Australian Guitarist to Perform At Home
Vietnamese-Australian woman faces drug charges
Police in Ho Chi Minh City has proposed the local prosecutor's office to indict a Vietnamese-Australian woman for drug trafficking. >> Airport detects 1.62 kg of drugs hidden in handbag>> Vietnam nabs Cambodian carrying 5.2 kg of drugs>> 3 Filipinos caught with 13.7 kg of drugs in Hanoi The police made the proposal yesterday after completing their investigation of drug trafficking by 56-year-old Nguyen Thi Minh Loan, who was caught carrying 1.2 kg of white powder substance in her suitcase at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCMC on May 18, 2012, as she was about to leave Vietnam for Australia. The substance were packed in five plastic bags that were stuck on the inside walls of the suitcase. These bags were covered by additional plastic wrappings containing pepper and coffee powder, to prevent detection by police dogs. Later tests on the suspicious powder confirmed that it is heroin. A similar case occurred on June 1 when Tan Son Nhat airport customs caught Ngo Thi … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-Australian woman faces drug charges
Vietnamese Australian support children
Luke Nguyen, a Vietnamese Australian who has taken part in a documentary film to introduce Vietnamese cuisine, returned once again to Vietnam to help the children. This time, Luke Nguyen paid his third visit to Nguyen Nga Centre, a place where invalid children are looked after in Binh Dinh’s Quy Nhon City. “When Nguyen Nga moves to a larger place, I will return to help build a kitchen and a luxurious restaurant to teach the invalid children how to cook good Vietnamese foods,” Luke Nguyen said. “I also hope that they can serve domestic and international guests, professionally, with their good foods,” he added. It was not easy to do that, but he is determined to see it through, Luke Nguyen said. Luke Nguyen also has a plan to ask for permission to open a vocational training centre in Hoi An to teach invalid and homeless children how to cook and serve in restaurants. The children will be sent to restaurants in central provinces to work and can live on … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Australian support children