Indonesia on Jan. 6 temporarily grounded three Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes, operated by Lion Air, despite different configurations from the plane that had to make an emergency landing in the U.S. last week, its transport ministry said on Jan. 8. The ministry’s spokesman Adita Irawati said the Lion Air …
Read More »Zalo group fined for releasing traffic police locations
Seven Zalo group administrators who used the platform to out traffic police locations were fined VND52.5 million ($2,156) by police in the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province. The administrators were fined Monday by Krong Pak District police for “collecting, processing and using information of organizations and individuals without consent or …
Read More »Overpass near HCMC airport a traffic accident ‘black spot’
The Hoang Hoa Tham-Cong Hoa overpass, located just 3 km away from HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Airport, has been deemed a traffic “black spot” for deadly traffic accidents. The overpass in Tan Binh District has been requested by the HCMC traffic police division to be added to the list of …
Read More »China Evergrande’s electric car unit says vice chairman detained, stock slides
China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group said on Monday its Vice Chairman Liu Yongzhuo has been detained and is under criminal investigation, sending its stock tumbling and marking another setback after a share sale plan was scrapped. The detainment could also hurt its parent company, China Evergrande Group – the …
Read More »US investigators recover key part from Alaska Airlines 737 MAX jet
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said late on Sunday the “key missing component” from the Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet involved in an Alaska Airlines emergency landing had been recovered from the backyard of a suburban home. The plug door tore off the left side of an Alaska …
Read More »Police probe hit-and-run at Vietnam apartment basement
A car driver in southern Binh Duong Province sped out of the basement of an apartment complex after hitting a woman and injuring her. Surveillance camera footage at an apartment complex on Thich Quang Duc Street, Thu Dau Mot City, showed that a woman was walking into the basement at …
Read More »Northern Vietnam to receive new cold spells this week
Two mild cold spells are forecast to arrive in the north this week, accompanied by converging high-altitude winds causing rain, bringing Hanoi’s temperatures to a minimum of 15 degrees Celsius. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the two cold air masses will move down to the north, combined …
Read More »20 years in jail sought for ex health minister in Covid test scandal
Prosecutors have proposed a prison term of 19-20 years for former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, accusing him of suggesting and receiving bribes from a Covid-19 test kit-making company. Long, 57, is charged with taking VND51 billion (US$2.25 million) from Viet A Company to let it sell the kits …
Read More »Ex health minister faces 19-20 years in jail for taking bribes in Covid test kit scandal
Prosecutors have proposed a prison term of 19-20 years for former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, accusing him of suggesting and receiving bribes from a Covid-19 test kit-making company. Long, 57, is charged with taking VND51 billion (US$2.25 million) from Viet A Company to let it be sold widely …
Read More »Hanoi man tricked into spending $68,000 on ‘magic’ stones
A southern con gang has scammed a Hanoi man by palming off on him two stones it claimed could “destroy metal” for VND1.66 billion (US$68,000). The Dong Nai police said Sunday they have arrested two members of the gang, Vo Quang Truc, 58, and Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan, 50, for …
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