A Vietnamese four-man gang suspected of breaking into houses in southwestern Vietnamese provinces to steal motorcycles has been taken into police custody. These gang members damaged home locks at night in Long An and Tien Giang Provinces, two adjacent areas in southern Vietnam, Truong Van Sau, head of the criminal police department of Tien Giang, said on Tuesday. A taskforce investigating the case was formed immediately after the authorities received reports from affected local residents, according to Phan Nguyen Tien Nhat, leader of the department’s Team 2. The police urgently used collected clues to identify four most likely suspects: Nguyen Thanh Tung, 24; Bui Van Ky, 28; Le Than Nhan, 24; and Nguyen Huu Sang, 31. The first three come from Cho Gao District, Tien Giang, while the last from Chau Thanh District, Long An. They were captured on February 23. Authorities have found at their accommodation three motorcycles, and tools utilized in the supposed housebreaking, which consist of three pepper spray aerosols, one telescopic steel baton, and one machete. Preliminary results from the probe reveals that the men succeeded in burglarizing houses, and escaped with nearly ten motorcycles between December 18, 2017 and February 7, 2018. The gross loss is estimated to amount to hundreds of millions of Vietnam dong (from several thousand to 40,000 U.S. dollars). The Tien Giang Province police have been conducting further investigation into the crime. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam!
Men arrested for stealing gene research devices Tran Van Vinh, 26, and Le Dinh Thang, 18, were working as technicians at the university when they reportedly stole equipment and copyrighted software containing information on genetic research. The stolen contents were reported to be of high value. Thang later confessed to authorities that at 4am on August 21, he broke into the centre via a window on the second floor and stole a Dell laptop belonging to the facility. Thang later called Vinh in September to help him break into the centre again; where the men stole a Vaio laptop, a…... [read more]
Japan arrests Vietnamese men for stealing "too-green-to-eat" melons By Kim Thuy  June 22, 2016 | 05:25 pm GMT+7 Police in the Japanese prefecture of Chiba arrested six Vietnamese men for stealing 112 unripe melons from a farm in the remote eastern tip of the Boso Pensinsula on June 20, according to the Asashi Shimbun newspaper. The men made off with the melons in the middle of the night on June 18, officers from the Asahi police station said. The haul was valued at VND14 milion ($640). Five of the men admitted the crime, saying they intended to eat the melons,…... [read more]
If convicted, the man can be in jail for up to 15 years. A 51-year-old Vietnamese man has been arrested in Hong Kong for growing cannabis plants inside a village house in what local media said would be the biggest haul in a decade. Police broke into the three-story building on Tuesday night following a month-long investigation and seized around 1,700 cannabis plants, estimated to have a value of at least HK$40 million ($5 million) on the black market, the English service Ejinsight of the Hong Kong Economic Journal cited various media reports as saying. The raid is the biggest…... [read more]
The ethnic minority groups of Muong and Dao in Viet Nam's upland northwest hold a strange custom called ngu tham, or "a visit during sleep." Original Practice Moc Village in Dong Nghe Commune of Hoa Binh Province is where this custom is still in its most pristine form. When night comes, young, unmarried men can pay a very strange visit by stealing into a young lady's house, visiting her bed to flirt with her. In this area, the custom is limited to boys over 15 years old. It is a substitute for dating outside and through this weird visit the…... [read more]
It has been estimated that 2.3-4.3 million Vietnamese men will be unable to find a wife in the next ten years due to the country's gender imbalance. The gender imbalance was forecast more than 10 years ago, and now the situation has become more serious. Gender imbalance encourages human trafficking Girl to boy ratio A recent survey on nearly 2,900 men showed that up to 46% of them want to have at least one son, meanwhile, just 3.5% like a daughter. Duong Quoc Trong, Head of the General Department of Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health, said…... [read more]
