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Vietnamese suspect in grisly Lang Son murder arrested after months of online rumors

Vietnamese suspect in grisly Lang Son murder arrested after months of online rumors

Police in the northern province of Lang Son have arrested 57-year-old Doan Van Sang, a former market management official, accusing him of killing a 36-year-old man at his unit’s headquarters and secretly disposing of the body in January.
Vietnam exposes 'secret code' in prostitution network run by ex-flight attendant with 200 hostesses

Vietnam exposes 'secret code' in prostitution network run by ex-flight attendant with 200 hostesses

Vietnam sentences woman to death for poisoning 4 family members with cyanide

Vietnam sentences woman to death for poisoning 4 family members with cyanide

20,000 fake Lavie bottles filled with tap water sold across Hanoi

20,000 fake Lavie bottles filled with tap water sold across Hanoi

Hanoi’s economic police have busted a large-scale counterfeit operation that sold tens of thousands of fake Lavie water bottles filled with tap water to households and businesses across the city.
October 15, 2025 | 03:01 pm PT
Vietnam teen who forced underage girls to work as masseuses on trial for modern slavery

Vietnam teen who forced underage girls to work as masseuses on trial for modern slavery

Prosecutors in Tay Ninh Province have charged an 18-year-old and six others of forced labor and debt bondage by luring underage girls with fake job offers.
September 26, 2025 | 03:00 am PT
Son exposes his brothel boss mother in Vietnam for torturing worker to death

Son exposes his brothel boss mother in Vietnam for torturing worker to death

A Vietnamese brothel madam has been accused of torturing a female employee to death before driving nearly 500 km to dump her body in a roadside pit.
July 5, 2025 | 02:34 am PT
Cyanide-laced dog thefts busted in Vietnam

Cyanide-laced dog thefts busted in Vietnam

A man in central Vietnam has been arrested for allegedly stealing dogs using bait laced with the deadly poison cyanide.
June 13, 2025 | 06:00 pm PT
Chinese nationals pepper-spray Vietnamese driver, steal car in midnight ambush

Chinese nationals pepper-spray Vietnamese driver, steal car in midnight ambush

A group of Chinese nationals has been arrested after allegedly pepper-spraying a Vietnamese taxi driver and stealing his car in a expressway midnight ambush.
June 12, 2025 | 03:31 am PT
Hanoi ranked 3rd, Ho Chi Minh City 6th safest cities in Southeast Asia

Hanoi ranked 3rd, Ho Chi Minh City 6th safest cities in Southeast Asia

Hanoi ranked third, and Ho Chi Minh City sixth on the safety index among Southeast Asia's cities for 2025, according to a report by statistics site Numbeo.
March 26, 2025 | 03:00 pm PT
20-year-old man arrested for stabbing ride-hailing driver to steal SH motorbike

20-year-old man arrested for stabbing ride-hailing driver to steal SH motorbike

A 20-year-old man was arrested Saturday in southern Binh Duong Province for allegedly stabbing a ride-hailing app driver in order to steal his SH motorbike.
February 15, 2025 | 04:53 am PT
177 Vietnamese repatriated from illegal labor, residency in Cambodia

177 Vietnamese repatriated from illegal labor, residency in Cambodia

The Border Guard Command of the southern province of Tay Ninh, in coordination with local police, has completed the reception and verification of 177 Vietnamese nationals involved in illegal labor and residency in Cambodia.
February 9, 2025 | 06:09 pm PT
Sisters arrested for smuggling $4.5M across Laos-Vietnam border

Sisters arrested for smuggling $4.5M across Laos-Vietnam border

Two sisters in central Ha Tinh Province have been arrested for allegedly smuggling cash worth $4.5 million across the Laos-Vietnam border, police said.
December 9, 2024 | 07:05 pm PT
Man fresh out of jail arrested for rape of elderly woman at her home

Man fresh out of jail arrested for rape of elderly woman at her home

Nguyen Doan Bao, 41, was arrested Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 75-year-old woman at her home in Ha Tinh Province.
May 2, 2024 | 09:06 pm PT
Is Vietnam a safe country for solo female travelers?

Is Vietnam a safe country for solo female travelers?

A recent article in popular global magazine Time Out ranked Vietnam sixth in an international list of the safest destinations for solo female travelers to visit in 2024.
April 6, 2024 | 04:00 am PT
Four men caught gambling in expressway’s emergency lane

Four men caught gambling in expressway’s emergency lane

Four men have been caught by traffic police for parking their truck on an emergency lane of the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway in northern Vietnam to gamble.
March 23, 2024 | 07:39 pm PT
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