Police in Ho Chi Minh City have discovered a prostitution ring involving several local models and singers. Officers also arrested 28 people and confiscated evidence after carrying out administrative checks on four hotels in District 3, 10, Tan Binh District, and Binh Chanh District. Preliminary information showed that Giang was previously a contestant of a singing competition, held in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long this year, and currently worked at a restaurant in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
The offender was caught red handed receiving her commission after arranging two sex workers for two of her clients at a hotel in District 3. Meanwhile, Nhung and Thanh claimed that they had been selling sex and arranging deals between other prostitutes and their customers. Two of the sex workers detained at the police station had tested positive to drugs, officers added.
Residents in the northern Vietnamese provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang are trying their best to help one another rebuild their lives after floods took a heavy toll on the two localities last month. Many sewers along the streets in Ho Chi Minh City have their entrances blocked by garbage on a regular basis, negatively impacting urban esthetics and the environment while helping cause serious flooding.
Sand-boarding, a popular activity amongst local children in the coastal tourism town of Mui Ne in south-central Vietnam, is attracting hundreds of tourists to the Red Sand Dunes. Nguyen Thi Duyen, a young engineer in Hanoi, developed the app and its related services to help busy people create their own veggie gardens.
No human-to-human transmission has been confirmed so far, but authorities have previously said the possibility 'cannot be excluded'. As Vietnam steps into a new decade, diplomats and experts reflect on what has been done to achieve its goals.
