The K (Cancer) Hospital successfully operated on a 22-year-old woman and removed a huge ovarian tumour that weighed 16kg on Wednesday. — Photo K Hospital Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The K (Cancer) Hospital successfully operated on a 22-year-old woman and removed a huge ovarian tumour that weighed 16kg on Wednesday. “This is the largest ovarian tumour that doctors have ever removed at this hospital. The patient faced a high risk of mortality without the operation,” Dr Lê Đức Chinh, head of the hospital’s gynaecological surgery department, said. The patient, Hoàng Thị Vân, is a resident Bắc Giang Province’s Lục Ngạn District. When she was hospitalised, the tumour made her seem like a woman in her final term of pregnancy, doctors said. Doctors said the tumour had been causing her pain, vomiting, and eating, respiratory and movement difficulties. Scans showed that the tumour had occupied her whole abdomen, hampering her liver, stomach and kidney functioning. After … [Read more...] about Hospital removes 16kg tumour from 22-year-old woman
19 year old woman killed in car accident
Car accident kills three, injures eight
At least three people died and eight others were injured after a seven-seat car plunged into an abyss in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn yesterday. — Photo vnexpress.net LẠNG SƠN — At least three people died and eight others were injured after a seven-seat car plunged into an abyss in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn yesterday. The accident happened when the passenger car was travelling from the border area to the province’s Lạng Sơn City. All injured passengers were admitted to a nearby hospital. The injured driver Mè Văn Thưởng said he lost control when trying to avoid a car from the opposite side of the road and hit a stone before plunging into the 30m abyss. The driver does not hold a driving licence. The case is under investigation. — VNS … [Read more...] about Car accident kills three, injures eight
47-year-old South Korean executive found dead in apartment negative for COVID-19
Local authorities sealed off Goldmark City apartment complex in Bắc Từ Liêm District Wednesday morning pending COVID-19 diagnosis of a man who was found dead there. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The South Korean man who was found dead in his apartment Wednesday morning tested negative for COVID-19, Hà Nội’s authorities announced later Wednesday . Born in 1974, and residing in Việt Nam since 2014, the construction director lived alone in his apartment at Goldmark City apartment complex in Bắc Từ Liêm District. The man was found dead Wednesday morning by a guard after his friends failed to contact him and raised the alarm. The apartment building was immediately locked down pending the man’s COVID-19 diagnosis, but the order is expected to be lifted soon following his negative result. The cause of death is initially reported as stroke. The incident drew heightened attention after a 54-year-old Japanese expert working for Mitsui and staying in Hà Nội was also found dead in his … [Read more...] about 47-year-old South Korean executive found dead in apartment negative for COVID-19
Car accident kills three
Three people were killed in a crash between a passenger car and a motorbike in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai yesterday. – Illustrative ––Photo tienphong.vn GIA LAI (VNS) –– Three people riding a motorbike were killed instantly when their vehicle collided with a passenger car in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai yesterday. The head-on collision occurred at Km1655+100 of Hồ Chí Minh Highway in the province’s Chư Pưh District, while the two vehicles were travelling in opposite directions. According to the initial investigation, the passenger car’s driver, Nguyễn Văn Quang, 46, was driving in the wrong lane, causing the accident. The case is still under investigation. — VNS … [Read more...] about Car accident kills three
Cyclo driver prosecuted after 9-year-old boy’s death
Photo shows the accident scene. — Photo news.zing.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội Police have decided to prosecute Đinh Ngọc Thạch, 52, for violating driving regulations after the sharp iron sheet he was carrying on his cyclo caused the death of a nine-year-old. Thạch has been prosecuted under article 2020 of the Penal Code. The incident occurred on September 23 when his cyclo carrying long, sharp roofing iron sheet illegally stopped on Tân Mai Street. A nine-year-old boy, Trần Minh Hoàng, was riding his bike on the street. He was talking to his friends and did not notice the stationary cyclo and crashed into it. He slashed his neck and died of blood loss. In 2013, the administration banned three-wheelers and cyclos from transporting bulky goods across the city. — VNS … [Read more...] about Cyclo driver prosecuted after 9-year-old boy’s death
Homeless man arrested for allegedly killing 4-year-old
Body of a four-year-old child is found in a well at a rubber farm of a family in Tiến Hưng Commune, Bình Phước Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Đậu Tất Thành Viet Nam News BÌNH PHƯỚC — Police in central Bình Phước Province on Thursday arrested a homeless man for his alleged involvement in the death of a four-year-old girl in Tiến Hưng Commune, Đồng Xoài Town. According to initial investigation, the accused, 33-year-old Nguyễn Văn Hưng, who reportedly lived in the area around a cemetery in Tiến Hưng Commune, took Lê Đỗ Trâm Anh from her grandmother’s house to the cemetery on Sunday afternoon to visit her grandfather’s grave, as agreed to by her parents. Hưng is said to be an acquaintance of the family. However, the family failed to contact Hưng when the girl did not return for a long time. Three days after the family reported to the police about the missing child, police found Hưng on Wednesday afternoon lying unconscious in the bordering area between Tiến Hưng and Tiến Thanh … [Read more...] about Homeless man arrested for allegedly killing 4-year-old
Father prosecuted for sexually abusing 10-year-old daughter
The 10-year-old girl talking about her father’s behaviour in the video clip. – Photo vov.vn Viet Nam News LONG AN — Investigative police in Cần Giuộc District in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An on Sunday started legal proceedings against a man for alleged obscenity with his 10-year-old daughter. The 46-year-old man, who lives in Phước Lý Commune, has been put under temporary detention. In a video clip that was recently circulated on social media, the young girl told a woman about getting raped and hit multiple times by her father. According to the girl, her father threatened her not to talk about the incident to anyone. After collecting witness testimonies and conducting a medical examination of the girl, the police decided to arrest the man. The case is under further investigation. Earlier this month, HCM City’s Supreme Court sentenced 78-year-old Nguyễn Khắc Thuỷ to three years in prison for sexually abusing children in July 2017. In a report … [Read more...] about Father prosecuted for sexually abusing 10-year-old daughter
Fifteen-year-old swimmer Vân makes a splash
Thanh Hóa Province swimmer Phạm Thị Vân poses with her medal for winning the 50m butterfly at the National Swimming Championship last October. Photo baothanhhoa.vn Swimming HÀ NỘI - Last year was a nightmare for many athletes around the world but not swimmer Phạm Thị Vân who set a milestone in her career. Việt Nam’s good management of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 allowed many local sporting events to be held, including the National Swimming Championship last October in HCM City. While some athletes blamed their poor results on a lack of training camps, Vân was able to steal the show. The Thanh Hóa Province-born swimmer opened her season with six golds and two silvers at the National Age Groups Swimming Championships in June in Quảng Ninh Province. She also set tournament records in the 50m butterfly (27.85sec) and 50m backstroke (30.06). At the National Youth Swimming Championships in July in Đà Nẵng, Vân, 15, competed against athletes in the 16-18 years … [Read more...] about Fifteen-year-old swimmer Vân makes a splash
Bình Thuận accident: Bodies may be identified tomorrow
Two coaches are engulfed in flames after being struck by a truck on National Highway 1A in Hàm Thuận Nam District in central Bình Thuận Province yesterday morning. The accident killed 13 people and injured 35 other ones. – Photo zing.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI (VNS) — The Bình Thuận Police announced they had completed DNA testing on all the fatalities of the horrific bus crash that occurred in central Bình Thuận Province on Sunday. Lieutenant-colonel Phan Thế Nam, head of the Informatics Centre of Bình Thuận Police, this morning said they were waiting for family members of the victims to check the DNA test results. Once the victims were identified, their bodies would be given to the families, he said. Until yesterday, only two of the 13 fatalities had been identified. DNA samples of the other deceased were taken for testing due to the severity of the burns, according to the local forensic examination agency. The two bodies that were … [Read more...] about Bình Thuận accident: Bodies may be identified tomorrow
Four killed, 10 injured in explosion in Hà Đông
Rescue teams are working hard to remedy the explosion’s consequences in Văn Phú Residential Area. —Photo vietnamplus.vn HÀ NỘI — At least four people were killed, including a 32-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter, and 10 others injured after an explosion occurred on Saturday afternoon in Hà Đông District’s Văn Phú Residential Area. The explosion seriously damaged 36 apartments in the residential area and slightly harmed 95 others. Witnesses at the scene said they suspected the explosion was caused by a bomb. Colonel Dương Văn Giáp, head of the city’s Police Department of Criminal Investigation on Social Order (PC 45) yesterday said the police collected several metal pieces at the scene identified as materials that could be used to make a bomb. Initial investigations from the Ministry of Public Security indicated that gunpowder used to create the bomb caused the explosion. The police said Phạm Văn Cường, 41, of northern Nam Định Province’s Nam Hùng Village, a … [Read more...] about Four killed, 10 injured in explosion in Hà Đông