by Joe Fotalattee
- It’s Not About You, Foreigner
A tourism company director was detained on Thursday while being investigated for possible bribery in connection with the Covid-19 repatriation flight scandal.
The police of the Ministry of Public Security on Thursday detained Le Hong Son to investigate allegations of accepting bribes. Le Hong Son is the general director of the Blue Sky Trading, Services, and Tourism Company in Hanoi.
On the same day, a freelancer named Pham Ba Son was also placed under investigation for allegedly using fraud to obtain property.
More than 30 people from various ministries, including high-ranking officials like former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung, have been detained as part of an ongoing investigation into a Covid-19 repatriation flight bribery scandal. The arrests were the most recent developments in this case.
- Land Not Used
169 housing projects in HCMC are canceled due to schedule delays.
Out of 357 housing projects, Ho Chi Minh City canceled 169 because they were not finished on time. The information was presented during a session of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council.
Nguyen Toan Thang, director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, stated that the functional agencies will take drastic measures to address the issue with projects that were eligible for implementation under the land use plan but were postponed without justification.
Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Toan Thang stated that the department will review 401 housing projects in the city in 2022 after coordinating with other pertinent departments. Out of these, 87 documents qualified for certification.
The city has certified 21,218 people as of October 31; however, some projects are still having issues with the law.
To remove the barriers, the department is currently working in concert with the appropriate units.
- Not Cool
Students to hospital after vaping
Eight third graders in Hanoi were admitted to a hospital for a health check after trying an e-cigarette that one of them brought to school earlier this week.
The eight children were all released from the hospital after being found to be at no risk, according to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, according to Hoang Liet Elementary School principal Nguyen Thi Bich Hanh.
Around 12:30 pm on Monday, staff at Hoang Liet Elementary School noticed that the eight third-grade students were experiencing nausea.
The students told the staff that one of them had found an e-cigarette at his home and brought it to school.
Then, during recess, the kid and his friends smoked the contraption.
After informing the children’s families of the incident, a member of the school staff took the kids to Bach Mai Hospital in Dong Da.
- Hot Air Balloons
As the Hot Air Balloon festival kicked off in Thu Duc, VnExpress is reporting an economic upswing and Vietnam being a sought-after destination.
Meanwhile, Thailand has welcomed 10 million tourists this year, and they didn’t have to count each multiple times due to short-term e-visas. What happens after you give the customs agent $5 for coffee money, on the Vietnamese side? Where is this guy going for coffee, Starbucks in Singapore? Vietnam hopes to reach a 3.5 million target this year.
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“Students to hospital after vaping”, Good ol’ school days! I never made it to hospital, but definitely remember smoking for a head rush and experiencing nausea 😆