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A motorbike on fire in Hanoi on October 12 Tests on gasoline samples suspected of being related to recent vehicular fires in Vietnam revealed no excessive additives which might have caused the blazes, Tuoi Tre reported Saturday. The newspaper quoted Tran Van Vinh, deputy chief of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and...

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  The poverty of the male modeling industry forces many into prostitution Male models say they usually have 30-50 percent of their payment taken by the modeling company that recommended them to the show. Photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre newspaper. Hoang Phi quit his job working at a Mekong...

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A traffic police officer stops trucks at a mountain pass in Ha Tinh Province on July 24. (Photo: Tuoi Tre) Bribing traffic cops to get away with driving overloaded trucks or trucks carrying illegal products is common practice among drivers on highways and roads across the country. A Tuoi Tre report says the situation is...

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Deputy health minister Cao Minh Quang Vietnam’s deputy health minister Wednesday denied accusations that he abused power to force a pharmaceutical company to lend him VND1 billion (US$48,000). Cao Minh Quang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Health, made the denial in an interview with the Tuoi Tre newspaper...

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  Vietnamese artists are refusing to accept government awards and fighting amongst each other over nominations Late author Son Nam was nominated for this year National Award but his family has withdrawn his name following a lot of controversy concerning the awards. The...

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The barge from which a woman fell into the river and drowned on August 20. Agencies in the southern province of Long An have concluded the death of a woman who drowned at a party attended by two top officials of the local prosecutors’ office was an accident, the Tuoi Tre reported Friday. The newspaper quoted an unnamed...

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Toys for sale on a sidewalk in HCMC. The seller claimed they were made with real animal skins. The illegal animal skin trade is robust and thriving in Ho Chi Minh City and across Vietnam, according to a Tuoi Tre investigation. Nghia, an animal leather dealer from Dong Nai Province near HCMC, said that langour skins regularly...

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Huynh Minh Duc, a traffic police officer in Binh Thanh District, HCMC, is accused of illegally releasing a motorbike from police custody. Police in Ho Chi Minh City have ordered an investigation into allegations that a traffic officer illegally released a motorbike seized after its owner committed traffic violations, the Tuoi...

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A student criticized a teacher. The teacher, in reply, reviled the student. Is the student rude or the teacher unqualified? VnnNews – A student criticized a teacher. The teacher, in reply, reviled the student. Is the student rude or the teacher unqualified? This has become a hot topic on education forums these days.   Why all the...

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VietNamNet Bridge – Some officials assigned by local governments or ministries to study at foreign-sponsored training programmes say they know nothing about the bona fides of the foreign training establishments. The go-betweens who introduce the training courses also deny their responsibility.’   Though co-op programs with...

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