hindustantimes.com reported anti-China protesters have set more than a dozen factories on fire in Vietnam in the biggest eruption of rage against Beijing for decades over the deployment of an oil rig in contested waters.
China expressed “serious concerns” after Vietnamese workers went on the rampage Tuesday, looting goods and attacking offices in a rare outburst of public unrest in the authoritarian communist nation. Riot police were deployed after violence in the southern province of Binh Duong forced several factories to temporarily suspend operations, including a supplier for Nike and Adidas. Read Article
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According to thanhniennews.com, Ho Chi Minh City police confiscated 10 motorcycles with Thai license plates after their Thai riders who entered Vietnam as tourists were caught violating traffic laws on Wednesday. According to traffic police, the foreign riders entered a car lane on the Hanoi Highway, District 9. They failed to present driving licenses endorsed […]
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Thanhniennews.com reports that Ho Chi Minh City police said Monday they have arrested a man who allegedly tried to snatch a cell phone from a Japanese tourist in District 1, Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper reported. Phan Tan Dung, 24, of District 5 was riding a motorbike on Ton Duc Thang Street near Bach Dang […]
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Accuweather.com reported that, Typhoon Krosa is unleashing its fury on the Philippines’ northern Luzon Island, then will begin its journey toward Vietnam on Friday. Typhoon Krosa will then spend Thursday night tracking along the far northern coast of Luzon. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 100 kph (60 mph) are expected across northern Luzon, well […]
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According to thanhniennews.com, an American teacher was killed when he was hit by a truck in Ho Chi Minh City Monday morning. The accident occurred around 9:50 a.m. when truck driver Vo Thanh Tam, 23, reached the intersection of Huynh Tan Phat – Luu Trong Lu streets in District 7’s Tan Thuan Dong Ward, local […]
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According to thenews.pk, one person was killed and eight others missing after a boat carrying 30 people — reportedly including two foreigners — capsized off southern Vietnam, an official said Saturday. The accident happened late Friday about two nautical miles offshore from the country’s southern business hub Ho Chi Minh City, a rescue official told […]
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Thanhniennews.com reports that prosecutors in Ho Chi Minh City have ratified fraud charges against three Filipinos for cheating a Japanese tourist out of some US$2,000 and an iPhone4 last year. Oliver Ingao Due, Cavite Nestor Carmesis, both 45, and Tagapan Bartolome Jr Berbasa, 47, have been formally charged with “committing fraud to appropriate others’ property,” […]
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According to vietnamnews.vn, a Korean tourist died from a heart attack while diving off the coast of Cham Island near central Hoi An ancient town on Tuesday, vice chairman of the city’s people’s committee Truong Van Bay confirmed yesterday. Go Jae-suk, 62, was on vacation with her family in Hoi An. She received first aid […]
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According to thahniennews.com, a South Korean tourist died in the central city of Da Nang Sunday from multiple bee stings she got a day before while visiting a forest in a tourism area. Choi Hyeon, 26, died at 9 a.m. at Da Nang Hospital after being rushed there around 7 p.m. Saturday with respiratory failure […]
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According to thanhniennews.com, a 76-year-old Indian tourist died Tuesday of a heart attack at a hotel in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, online newspaper Dan Tri reported. Gamesh Chandler Sharma was reportedly sleeping at an undisclosed hotel in the Hon Tam tourism area of Tam Island off the coast of Nha Trang Town, […]
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