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Vietnam cabbie returns $2,400, credit cards to forgetful tourists

A transport company on Tuesday rewarded a Da Nang taxi driver for returning cash and credit cards an Australian couple had left behind in one of its cabs.

Vietnamese man caught smuggling 5kg of rhino horn

Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport seized more than five kilograms of rhino horn allegedly smuggled in by a passenger Monday, two weeks after Vietnam and South Africa agreed to an action plan to curb rhino poaching.

Crane truck accident causes massive power outage in southern Vietnam

The massive power outage that struck in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam’s southern provinces Wednesday was caused by the cargo of a crane truck that struck a main cable.

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Foreign firms in Vietnam seeking to sack pregnant workers(May 20, 2013)

Le Thi Kim Thanh, 33, a factory worker in the southern province of Dong Nai, recently lodged a complaint with provincial labor inspectors in order to save her job.

Nielsen survey finds Vietnamese distrust food products(May 20, 2013)

Health is among the top concerns of Vietnamese consumers, many of whom are unconfident about the nutrition from food products, according to a new study conducted by Nielsen Vietnam.

Russian man hunted after slashing friend to death in Nha Trang(May 18, 2013)

Police in the popular tourist town of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province are searching for a Russian tourist who allegedly slashed his friend's neck with a broken bottle early Thursday morning.

Vietnam hands over 3 alleged drug smugglers to Laos(May 19, 2013)

Nghe An border guards have transferred to Lao authorities three Laotians accused of attempting to smuggling a large amount of heroin and methamphetamine into Vietnam’s north-central province.

Vietnam official proposes lowering driving age to 15(May 19, 2013)

A senior official with the National Committee for Traffic Safety, has proposed lowering the minimum age to drive a motorbike under 50cc from 16 to 15-years-old.

Other news

29 Vietnam traffic cops accused of taking bribes suspended(May 19, 2013)

Agriculture inspector arrested for corruption in southern Vietnam(May 19, 2013)

Vietnam deports six unlicensed Chinese doctors(May 21, 2013)

Russian man slashes friend's throat in Vietnam resort town(May 17, 2013)

Vietnam TV station drops foreign channels(May 17, 2013)

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