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Conman gets life for posing as cop, swindling $1.55M

A HCMC court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for impersonating a police officer to swindle 20 people out of VND38 billion (US$1.55 million) Nguyen Ngoc Thien, 43, was found guilty of “fraudulent appropriation of assets,” the court announced Tuesday. He had posed as a deputy inspector at the …

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Hanoi students to get 8-day Tet break

Over 2.3 million students in Hanoi will get an 8-day Tet break this year, the same as last year. The Hanoi People’s Committee on Tuesday approved the Tet break for students to from Feb. 7 to 14. The Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s biggest holiday, peaks on Feb. 10 this year. …

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Man dies in HCMC house fire

A man died in a house fire in HCMC’s District 12 on Wednesday as three other people managed to escape. Flames and smokes came out from the first floor of a three-story house on Le Van Khuong Street, Hiep Thanh Ward at around 2:30 a.m., when there were four people …

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Man sets house on fire killing three, commits suicide

Police in Gia Lai Province have identified a man who later committed suicide as the main suspect in setting fire to an apartment that killed three people on Tuesday. The fire engulfed the rented apartment spanning 20 m2 in the Central Highlands province at around 2 a.m. Dozens of police …

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