Woman arrested

Police in Haiphong have successfully arrested a Vietnamese woman suspected of being the gang leader of an international drug trafficking ring between the northern port city and the Republic of Korea (RoK). Suspect Loan at the police station: Upon her arrest the suspect was identified as 29-year-old Le Thi Loan of Thuy Nguyen district in Haiphong. Loan is married to a Korean man and is currently living in the RoK. According to police, Loan confessed to starting a gang made up of other drug traffickers with the aim of transporting drugs from Vietnam to the RoK. The busts came after police noticed a suspicious woman at Cat Bi Airport on October 12. The woman was identified as Cu Thi Nguyet and she was carrying a large number of goods, including a suspicious looking teddy bear. Upon conducting a search of the woman and her luggage, the police discovered 140.78 grams of MDMA and 17.92 grams of ketamine stashed inside the teddy bear. Upon questioning, Nguyet admitted to being hired by … [Read more...] about Female international drug trafficker arrested in Hai Phong

Suspect Lee Sam at the police station Following the arrest, police forces launched a search on his apartment at the Azura building on Ngo Quyen street, Son Tra district. During the search, two nylon bags containing drugs were discovered. After taking a sample from the suspect, Lee Sam tested positive for drugs. Following a further inspection of the man’s background, it was discovered that Lee Sam is also wanted for murder by Interpol. The case is currently under further investigation. … [Read more...] about Korean man wanted by Interpol arrested in Danang

 Lo Van Dung at the police station (Photo: Bao Giao Thong) Police forces in Xamtay district had caught a Vietnamese suspect red-handed as he was in the process of transporting drugs from Laos to the Vietnamese border in Thanh Hoa province for the purpose of selling them. Upon conducting a search of the scene, the police discovered 30 cakes of heroin. The suspect was later identified as Lo Van Dung, 31, of Que Phong district, Nghe An province. After receiving more information about the drugs ring, police forces arrested another suspect, 20-year-old Thao Dia Tho of Houaphanh province, and confiscated  two cakes of heroin and a motorbike. The case is currently under further investigation. … [Read more...] about Two arrested for trafficking drugs from Laos

A poor woman in the central province of Nghe An is seeking for the community help for her newborn daughter who has a big tumour on face. On September 25, Tran Thi Nghi, 31, from Quynh Luu District gave birth to her daughter named Hoang Thi Be. She was happy to hear the baby’s cry; however, the mother was extremely shocked and even fainted in the delivery room to see her abnormal face. The big tumour on the baby's face The tumour weighing around half of a kilo covered the majority of the baby’s face. According to Dr. Ho Thao Ngoc from Nghe An Maternity - Paediatric Hospital, the baby is now temporarily staying at the hospital’s special room and will be taken to a more specialist hospital for examination and treatment. Hoang Van Thach, Nghi’s husband, said that this was their third child. Their two first children are in good health. During the pregnancy of the third child, his wife only took an ultra-sound at a local clinic where doctors said that there were … [Read more...] about Woman seeks help for newborn baby with abnormal face

In his document to the municipal Department of Health, Mr. Khoa asked to impose penalties on surgeons of the plastic surgery procedures if they violate the regulations according to the government decision No. 176/2013/ND-CP. Additionally, the Department should increase supervision to medical institutions and disseminate treatment regulations to them. The report of the case should be sent to the Ministry of Health before October 25. According to Kanagnam hospital’s report, the 59-year-old Vietnamese-American woman registered for a face-lift procedure on October 11. She revealed that she had undergone silicone pumping on the cheeks before without problem. She was healthy. On the day, the woman was given an anesthetic and went into surgery. After the operation, she recovered quite well. However, she showed breathing problem and she turned pale at 9 pm. Physicians’ efforts to save her were unrewarded. The female patient was then rushed to People’s Hospital 115 and … [Read more...] about Health Ministry requests probe into Vietnamese-American woman death