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Beauty pageant runner-up accused of operating escort network in Hanoi

Beauty pageant runner-up accused of operating escort network in Hanoi

A 22-year-old beauty pageant runner-up in Vietnam has been detained by police after allegedly acting as an intermediary in an escort network, authorities said.
Domestic homicide investigation in Vietnam takes strange turn after suspect bitten by venomous snake

Domestic homicide investigation in Vietnam takes strange turn after suspect bitten by venomous snake

Vietnamese interpreter jailed after helping Cambodia scam ring target victims

Vietnamese interpreter jailed after helping Cambodia scam ring target victims

Camera footage exposes suspect behind deaths of two women in northern Vietnam

Camera footage exposes suspect behind deaths of two women in northern Vietnam

Security camera footage captured Kieu Ngoc Anh, 27, fatally attacking a woman on a street in Lac Dao Commune, Hung Yen Province, on Wednesday afternoon, following another killing earlier that day.
January 15, 2026 | 01:50 am PT
Spa raids on Vietnam's backpacker street Bui Vien expose organized prostitution network

Spa raids on Vietnam's backpacker street Bui Vien expose organized prostitution network

Police inspections of several spas and massage parlors on Ho Chi Minh City's backpacker quarter have uncovered an organized prostitution network.
January 12, 2026 | 12:13 am PT
Thieves raid Hanoi store, steal nearly 50 cellphones

Thieves raid Hanoi store, steal nearly 50 cellphones

Two burglars broke into a phone shop on Phuong Canh Street in Hanoi early Tuesday, escaping with almost 50 smartphones worth about VND200 million (US$7,600) in just 10 minutes.
January 7, 2026 | 02:00 am PT
Two South Korean restaurant owners jailed in Vietnam over prostitution scheme

Two South Korean restaurant owners jailed in Vietnam over prostitution scheme

Two South Korean restaurant owners have been sentenced to eight years in prison in Ho Chi Minh City after authorities found they organized prostitution involving employees and paid bribes to avoid business inspections.
January 6, 2026 | 01:22 am PT
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.
December 3, 2025 | 01:26 am PT
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

A former flight attendant and her Chinese boyfriend are at the center of a widening criminal case in Ho Chi Minh City, accused of turning a karaoke restaurant into a tightly managed prostitution network involving hundreds of young women.
December 1, 2025 | 08:27 pm PT
Vietnam sentences woman to death for poisoning 4 family members with cyanide

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

A woman in Dong Nai Province in southern Vietnam was sentenced to death on Thursday for killing family members including two young children in a series of cyanide poisonings that shocked her community.
November 27, 2025 | 01:00 am PT
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
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