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By Hong Tuyet  &nbspJune 10, 2019 | 08:42 am GMT+7 Chinese man Xiong Zhuogen is held at a police station in Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam, for killing his Vietnamese mother-in-law, June 9, 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Hong Tuyet. A Chinese man was caught by local police on Sunday as he tried to flee after murdering his Vietnamese mother-in-law. Xiong Zhuogen, 38, went to the southern province of Tay Ninh to fetch his wife, 19-year-old Truong Thi Hong Dao. Dao had left China in May because their married life was rocky and conflict-ridden. On Sunday afternoon, Zhuogen discussed some money issues with his wife’s parents, which led to an argument. In anger he stabbed Dao's 45-year-old mother and continued to hit her with a cane after she collapsed, resulting in her death. Zhuogen attempted to flee, but was caught by the police the same day. No further information about the case was available immediately. … [Read more...] about Police nab Chinese man after he kills Vietnamese mother-in-law

The drugs, which could be heroin, were packed in nearly 900 packages in two carton boxes. It was being carried in a truck registered in the northern Thai Nguyen Province, which was driven by a Vietnamese driver. The police are now searching a series of suspicious locations in the area that could be used as warehouses and meeting points by drug dealers. They said that the latest seizure was part of evidence that drug crime has "developed complicatedly" in HCMC. The southern hub is showing signs of becoming a transit point for drugs to be distributed to other countries later, the police added. On March 20, a raid was carried out by hundreds of police officers and border guards netted 16 Chinese nationals including Wu Heshan, 56, the suspected ring leader, three Vietnamese and one Lao national as well as a pickup truck with about 300 kilos of meth. It was found out later that the ring operated nationwide, and was linked to two seizures of around 300 kilos each in central Vietnam in … [Read more...] about Chinese man arrested in HCMC with 300 kilos of narcotics

By Nguyen Quy  &nbspJanuary 16, 2019 | 07:00 pm GMT+7 A Chinese man was caught stealing money from Vietnamese passenger on Vietnam Airlines' flight from Da Nang to Hanoi on January 9. Photo by Shutterstocks/anvu A Chinese national has been detained at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport for allegedly stealing $431 from a Vietnam Airlines passenger. Zuo Lei took money from the bag of a Vietnamese passenger sitting in front of him on the flight from Da Nang to Hanoi, police said Wednesday. About 20 minutes after takeoff Thursday last week, some passengers spotted the Chinese man acting suspiciously. He changed seats and opened a bag from the overhead compartment before rummaging through it. They immediately alerted the flight attendants who asked passengers sitting close to the man to check their luggage. One of them, whose identity has not been revealed, claimed that he had lost VND10 million ($431) from his bag. The flight crew checked Lei after he returned from the toilet … [Read more...] about Chinese man caught stealing cash on Vietnam flight

Local residents gather at the scene of a road accident that killed a Chinese man in Binh Duong Province on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Binh Duong Police A Chinese man was killed in a traffic accident Saturday night in the southern province of Binh Duong. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was said to be in his 40s. He was driving on National Highway 13 from Binh Duong to neighboring Binh Phuoc Province when a tanker moving in the same direction hit his motorbike. The accident took place at 10:30 p.m. in Ben Cat Town, a drive of an hour and a half southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, local media reported. The Chinese man was run over by the tanker and died on the spot. Police are investigating the accident. Road crashes are a leading cause of deaths in Vietnam, killing almost one person every hour. A total of more than 18,720 traffic accidents occurred in 2018, killing 8,244 people and injuring nearly 14,800, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee. … [Read more...] about Chinese man dies in Vietnam road crash

By Quoc Thang  &nbspJanuary 2, 2019 | 02:36 pm GMT+7 Vietnam legalized surrogacy in 2015 but only allows the use of a surrogate for humanitarian purposes. Photo by Pixabay Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a Chinese man and three Vietnamese women for running an illegal surrogacy business. Chinese national Cai Guo Lin, 37, and three Vietnamese women identified as Hoang Thi Thu Trang, 27, Trieu Thi Hang, 41, and Nguyen Thi Mai Anh, 24, have been placed under criminal investigation for "organizing surrogacy for commercial purposes." Initial investigations show that the Chinese man came to Hanoi in September last year and asked Trang to be his interpreter. Lin agreed to pay Trang VND5 million ($215) for each case. Trang went to the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology and established contact with Hang and asked her to look for surrogate women who would be paid VND300 million ($12,900) each. Hang introduced the first potential surrogate mother to Lin … [Read more...] about Saigon cops bust commercial surrogacy ring led by Chinese national

By Nguyen Quy  &nbspDecember 1, 2018 | 07:47 pm GMT+7 Tourists gather at the Da Nang International Airport in central Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Dong A Da Nang court Friday sentenced a Chinese man to nine-months’ imprisonment for stealing high-end cosmetic products. Bai Xin Xing, 32, works as a guide for tourists from China in the central city of Da Nang. On July 27, this year, he was with a group of Chinese tourists returning to China’s Xi'an City from the Da Nang International Airport. Before the flight took off, the group shopped at a duty free store inside the airport. Xing then stole a bottle of perfume worth VND23 million ($987). A store employee spotted the theft and called for help in apprehending him. Airport security staff checked his bag and found the stolen product. The indictment said he had carried out several similar thefts at airport duty free stores without getting caught. Bai admitted to his theft Friday. He said he would … [Read more...] about Chinese tour guide jailed for stealing cosmetics from Da Nang airport

The man was detained upon landing in the city and handed over to the Chinese authorities. Du Rong Ming, 46, was detained on June 24 upon landing at Da Nang International Airport in Vietnam. Photo via Vietnam Police Police in Vietnam's central city of Da Nang have arrested and handed over to their Chinese counterparts a Chinese national wanted by China for bribery. Du Rong Ming, 46, was detained on Sunday upon landing at Da Nang International Airport and attempting to pass through immigration, the city's police announced on Monday. The arrest and subsequent handover of Du came after the Chinese embassy earlier this month requested assistance from the Vietnamese police in apprehending the wanted man. According to the Chinese authorities, Du and his accomplices were discovered to have paid a large amount of money in bribes for personal gains while participating in bond trading. He subsequently fled abroad last August. Earlier this month, police in Vietnam's central province of Khanh … [Read more...] about Vietnam arrests wanted Chinese man attempting to hide in Da Nang

By AFP  &nbspApril 7, 2018 | 09:07 am GMT+7 South Africa is battling a scourge of rhino poaching fueled by insatiable demand for their horn in Asia. Photo by AFP Demand comes mostly from China and Vietnam, where the horn is coveted as a traditional medicine, an aphrodisiac or as a status symbol. A Dutch court Friday sentenced a Chinese man to a year in jail for smuggling five rhino horns and four other horn objects worth about 500,000 euros ($613,000) in his luggage. The man was caught by customs officials at Schiphol airport in December, as he transited through Amsterdam on his way from South Africa to the eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai. "The Amsterdam court has sentenced a 30-year-old man of Chinese nationality to 12 months in prison for smuggling rhino horns and falsifying a visa," the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority said. It recalled that trading in endangered species is banned under the CITES convention prohibiting sales of … [Read more...] about Chinese man jailed by Dutch court for smuggling rhino horn