TRAFFIC IN VIETNAM
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TIPS FOR CROSSING THE STREET IN VIETNAM
- Get help from local. Vietnamese people are very friendly and most are more than happy to help you cross the road.
- Walk at an even pace and don't dart through traffic
- Put your arm in the air. Waving for priority
** Look out for buses and cars
Hope you guys are all becoming experts soon 🤘🤘🤘
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WHAT DOES THE ESTONIAN CONSULATE SAY ABOUT THE ESTONIAN FINED FOR SLAPPING WOMAN'S BUTTOCKS?
WHAT DOES THE ESTONIAN CONSULATE SAY ABOUT THE ESTONIAN FINED FOR SLAPPING WOMAN'S BUTTOCKS?
The case of Mr. M.J. (44 years old, Estonian) - slapping a woman's butt in an apartment elevator - making the Estonian community tumultuous these days.
Mr. Do Van Muoi, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia in Ho Chi Minh City, affirmed the actions of M.J. this is unique in a country of 1.3 million people.
Q: Some people wonder if cultural differences cause this man to behave like that, like it was a joke in Estonia?
A: Not at all. Estonians are cute and polite, respect women, and the law is very serious. In Estonia or countries like Finland and Norway, as long as someone goes behind a woman and has insulting words, without touching the body, the police can also be held in custody for 30 days.
Mr. M.J. used to live in Cambodia for about 10 years before coming to Vietnam. This person has also been here for about 5-7 years, so he may not keep much of Estonian culture anymore. I have had contact with this person and did not understand why he acted like that.
The Estonian community in Vietnam, in Estonia, even from the Czech Republic and many other places, including people familiar with this man, also sent me information to inquire about the incident. They also disagree.
Q: In Estonia, how will people who commit acts of harassment in public places, for example patting a woman's butt in an elevator without permission, will be handled?
A: According to the current law of the Estonian Government, depending on the severity of the violation, the minimum fine for this act is 12 euros (about 330,000 dong) and a maximum of 1,200 euros (about 33 million dong). However, the average fine applied for similar action depends on the approach is 100-300 euros (from 275,000 VND to more than 8 million VND) and can be detained for up to 30 days.
Specifically, with similar actions in Estonia, like Vietnam, the offender will also be fined for administrative violations with the stated fi
HANOI: OLD MAN THROWING 'GAS BOMB' TO NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE FOR NOISY KARAOKE
At around 10:30PM on Nov 21, the Hanoi Police received news of a public disorder incident happening in Trieu Khuc Street (Thanh Tri District).
The moment the police approached the scene, Mr. Nguyen Huy Ngoc (61 years old, resident) was standing on the third floor, holding glass bottles of gasoline, lit the fire and threw it to the neighbor's house.
Realizing the complexity, the police group approached and tried to get the man out of the house, at the same time requested support from the firefighting, emergency and local police forces.
Next, the functional forces broke into Mr. Ngoc's house to control him. However, Mr. Ngoc ran up to the second floor and closed the door, pouring gasoline all over the room and threatened to light a fire to defend himself.
At around 2:30AM on Nov 22, Mr. Ngoc lit a fire in the room, and the police quickly destroy the door, extinguishing the fire.
Mr. Ngoc stubbornly used a knife to fiercely fight back, causing 2 soldiers to use professional practice to approach and control.
At the time of being controlled, Mr. Ngoc was burned 15% of his body, and was taken to the emergency room immediately.
According to local leaders, the initial cause of the incident was because the neighbor's frequent karaoke noise, despite being complained many times by Mr. Ngoc, which eventually led to the 'gas bomb'.
Source: Thanh Niên
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QUANG NAM: LANDSLIDE CAUSED 3 PEOPLE INJURED, 1 MISSING
On the afternoon of Nov 11, a landslide occurred on Highway 40B, passing through Tra Tan commune, Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam, leaving 3 injured, 1 missing.
"The soil and rock rushed down and pushed me away. I and one person with broken legs, could crawl out, and one person was swept away but we could not do anything about it", Mr. Hung was shocked when recalling the incident.
After receiving the information, the functional forces were present at the scene to support and take the 3 injured to the hospital. The landslide also left one person missing and the locality is actively searching for the victim.
Source: Zing News
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CCTV FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT UK DRIVER DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF 39 VIETNAMESE HAS BEEN PLAYED IN COURT
Four men are on trial at the Old Bailey in connection with the deaths of the men, women and children, aged 15 to 44, who were found after the airtight trailer was transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet in Essex.
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones said Robinson made two calls to haulier Ronan Hughes who had earlier instructed him to "give them air quickly. Don't let them out".
Some 23 minutes after finding the bodies, Robinson dialled 999 at 1.36am.
The court was played an emergency call Robinson made in which he said: "They are all lying on the ground."
- The operator asked: "Are they breathing?"
- Robinson: "No, I don't think so. I heard a noise in the back, so I opened the door."
- Operator: "How many patients?"
- Robinson: "About 25."
- Operator: "And they're not breathing?"
- Robinson: "No."
Jurors were shown a screengrab from the phone of Robinson, who had collected the trailer from Purfleet port.
The prosecutor said it was a photograph of a text exchange he had on Snapchat with someone with the user name RHughes301.
It read: "Give them air quickly. Don't let them out." Robinson replied with a thumbs-up emoji, said the prosecutor.
During the trial, the driver of a tug truck said in a statement he had lifted the trailer from the deck of the ship after it arrived at Purfleet port.
He said: "As I passed the doors and reached the left hand side of the trailer I suddenly caught a strong smell, a decomposing smell."
The court was also told dying victims wrote desperate text messages to their families as the air ran out and the temperature rose to 38.5C.
As reported by Reuters, on Wednesday, another four men accused of being part of the people-smuggling ring went on trial at London’s Old Bailey court.
British-Romanian dual national Gheorghe Nica, 43, and Eamonn Harrison, 23, from Northern Ireland, deny manslaughter, while Harrison, Christopher
