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BOT Ben Thuy toll station may cease operations if road repairs are not made

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The Vietnam Road Administration has demanded Cienco 4 Group address severe damage on National Highway 1 promptly, warning that toll collection at the Ben Thuy station will be suspended from 15/10 if delays persist.

Formosa's hot blast stove catches fire

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A hot blast stove, which supplies heat to blast furnace mot at Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, caught fire, forcing an emergency shutdown on 4/9.

Driver fined 900,000 VND for parking blocking agency entrance

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A man was fined 900,000 VND for parking a five-seat car in front of the Technical Center for Standards, Metrology and Quality, obstructing the agency's access.

Bus owner hides tiger carcass on passenger vehicle roof

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Ngo Sy Sau, owner of a bus company, was hired to transport a tiger carcass from Laos to Vietnam for 80 million dong, instructing his staff to conceal it in a secret compartment on the bus roof.

Ambulance crashes into hospital fence

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An ambulance lost control and crashed into a section of the Ky Anh Town General Hospital fence in Song Tri ward, Ha Tinh, after colliding with a motorbike and injuring a woman.

Jewelry store owner suspects elderly couple of fraud, takes them to police

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A jewelry store owner became suspicious when an elderly couple, both 76, attempted to sell gold to transfer money to someone claiming to be a commune police chief, prompting her to take them to the police.

Young man beaten, forced to write 400 million VND debt note

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Ngo Duc Bao and two accomplices are accused of beating, threatening, and coercing a 22-year-old man into signing a 400 million VND debt note at a pawn shop.

51 individuals arrested in 4,000 billion VND invoice trading case

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Vu Hai Dong Duong and 50 others are accused of trading approximately 24,000 invoices, with a total post-tax value of goods and services estimated at 4,000 billion VND.

Man survives 10 hours adrift at sea

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Nguyen Van Thanh, 45, was swept nearly 7 km offshore by waves while raking clams off Dan Hai beach, spending about 10 hours swimming back to shore in an exhausted state.

Staging a 'fixer' scheme, man defrauds defendant's wife of 560 million dong

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Le Tuan Vu was sentenced to eight years in prison for impersonating an official, fabricating messages to defraud a defendant's wife into a 'case-fixing' scheme, and promising to arrange 'meritorious service' details.

Greed after selling bank accounts to bypass biometric authentication

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Two directors who established five "ghost" companies and opened 37 bank accounts for a gambling ring to circumvent biometric authentication were sentenced after conspiring to withdraw 478 million VND.

Truck crashes into 4 motorcycles at red light

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A truck crashed into 4 motorcycles stopped at a red light on National Highway 1, in Hoanh Son ward, injuring three people on the morning of 11/8.

Drug ring with thousands of transactions selling "synthetic cannabis" to workers and students

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Vo Ta Hoanh and 16 accomplices established a drug trafficking ring, selling "synthetic cannabis" to students, with over 9,000 transactions totaling more than 10 billion VND in seven months.

Over 50 teachers return to school after striking over "insufficient wages"

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52 teachers at Nguyen Du Plus International Kindergarten have returned to school after a two-day strike over salary disputes.

Bus driver fined 5 million dong for using phone while driving

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Driver Dang Thanh was fined 5 million dong for using a phone while operating a bus on National Highway 1 through Nam Hong Linh ward.

Impersonating police, extorting money from a young woman at a hotel

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Nguyen Minh Hoang, posing as a police officer, approached a 27-year-old woman at a hotel in Thanh Sen ward, threatening her and extorting 20 million VND.

TikTok wheelie video reveals theft charges

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Nguyen Thanh Dat posted a motorcycle wheelie video on TikTok to gain views, leading police to discover the vehicle was stolen property.