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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.
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

177 Vietnamese repatriated from illegal labor, residency in Cambodia

177 Vietnamese repatriated from illegal labor, residency in Cambodia

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
9 jailed for beating schoolboy to death

9 jailed for beating schoolboy to death

A court in the southern Long An Province handed jail terms of two to eight years Wednesday to nine men who beat a 16-year-old boy to death in 2022.
January 24, 2024 | 09:50 pm PT
Car driver stabs motorcyclist to death for not giving way

Car driver stabs motorcyclist to death for not giving way

A court in HCMC handed a 19-year jail term to a man working for a ride-hailing firm after he killed another man over a disagreement in giving way.
January 23, 2024 | 01:54 am PT
Murderer of six arrested after 43 years on the run

Murderer of six arrested after 43 years on the run

A man in central Quang Ngai Province was arrested for murdering six people, 43 years after claiming their lives.
January 6, 2024 | 05:03 am PT
Vietnam president reduces death sentence to life for 18 prisoners

Vietnam president reduces death sentence to life for 18 prisoners

President Vo Van Thuong signed a decision on Wednesday to reduce death penalties to life imprisonment for 18 prisoners who filed petitions for commuted sentences.
December 27, 2023 | 04:57 pm PT
Police identify murder suspect after 13 years by hitting repentance

Police identify murder suspect after 13 years by hitting repentance

Around 200 police officers in Hai Phong narrowed down a list of four suspects for a murder committed 13 years ago before one of them, repented, finally confessed.
December 24, 2023 | 05:11 pm PT
Murder suspect arrested as victim's corpse found after 13 years

Murder suspect arrested as victim's corpse found after 13 years

Police in Hai Phong have arrested a 30-year-old man suspected of having killed a local woman and hiding her body in an abandoned water tank 13 years ago.
December 22, 2023 | 06:00 pm PT
Body found in water tank belongs to woman missing for 13 years

Body found in water tank belongs to woman missing for 13 years

A body found in an abandoned water tank in Hai Phong City earlier this month has been identified as that of a woman who went missing 13 years ago.
December 11, 2023 | 06:42 pm PT
Former major gets 14 months in jail for deadly car crash

Former major gets 14 months in jail for deadly car crash

A former air force major was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Tuesday for hitting a teenage girl and killing her as he was on the phone while driving his car.
December 5, 2023 | 05:01 am PT
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