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Prosecutors sought imprisonment for Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh for publicly performing stunts on a motorbike, but she got away with a suspended sentence due to mitigating circumstances. During her trial at the HCMC People’s Court on Friday, the 35-year-old model and actress, along with Tran Xuan Dong, 36, her driving …

Mien Dong Bus Station’s modern facilities have failed to attract customers this holiday season as passengers opt for rides that pick them up randomly at roadside locations nearer home. Instead of using the comfortable and clean amenities at Ho Chi Minh City’s new station, which is the country’s largest but …

Prosecutors sought imprisonment for Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh for publicly performing stunts on a motorbike, but she got away with a suspended sentence due to mitigating circumstances. During her trial at the HCMC People’s Court on Friday, the 35-year-old model and actress, along with Tran Xuan Dong, 36, her driving …

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will sell up to 50 million shares in the online retail and cloud services firm over the next one year, according to a company filing on Friday. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California. …

Fire and smokes engulfed the headquarters of HCMC’s District 12 Police early on Saturday morning, as the cause is still under investigation. The fire erupted after midnight near the police’s storage of morobikes from traffic violators. The officers on duty tried to put out the fire with mini fire extinguishers, …

Having no space to pass, a taxi driver decided to move two wheels on a sidewalk of a Hanoi street, to half-drive on the pavement. The incident took place on Thanh Nien Street in downtown Hanoi on the afternoon of Jan. 26 and was captured on a dash camera of …

Model Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh was sentenced to one year suspended sentence Friday for posting videos of herself performing motorbike stunts on social media. The judge panel said Trinh had a good record, been remorseful since she was arrested three months ago, and the consequence of her actions were limited. …

Experts say a proposal to criminally prosecute drunk drivers, even when their actions cause no consequences, is unfeasible and not legally sound. At a Monday conference on the harmful effects of drinking and driving, the office head of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh proposed that drivers with …

President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse joined overseas Vietnamese in a traditional ritual of releasing carps at Nha Rong Wharf in HCMC on Kitchen God day Friday. In Vietnamese tradition, the Land Genie and Kitchen Gods worshipping ritual is held on the 23rd day of the last lunar month, …

In the second phase of testing of the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line in HCMC, two trains ran simultaneously along the entire route, which is partly underground, for the first time on Thursday.     HCMC metro makes test run with two trains crossing paths HCMC metro makes …