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Black smoke fills the lower floors of a Carina Plaza apartment block in HCM City’s District 8 from a fire that broke out on Friday, killing 13 and injuring 14. — Photo vov.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — A fire broke out at an apartment block in District 8’s Carina Plaza early Friday morning (March 23), killing 13 and injuring 14, and leaving others trapped inside, according to the HCM City’s Fire Prevention and Fighting Department. The residents had to flee to the higher floor. Some even tried to escape by jumping outside. — Photo news.zing.vn At around midnight on March 23, an apartment block at Carina Plaza on Võ Văn Ki ệ t Street suddenly burst into flames, trapping hundreds of people inside. A fire broke out on Friday, killing 13 and injuring 14 in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hải The residents had to flee to the higher floor. Some even tried to escape by jumping outside. Firemen were sent to the location immediately, putting out the fire … [Read more...] about Fire in District 8 kills 13, injures 14; many others trapped inside

Firefighters extinguish flames. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Chung Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Victims of a deadly fire on Friday early morning at a HCM City’s apartment building died from suffocation, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Thanh Hưởng, deputy director of the city’s Department of Firefighting Police. Hưởng said the death toll was 13 as of 8am on Friday. Twenty-eight others were injured. Identities of only five victims have been confirmed so far, including Lưu Lê Bích Phượng, Party secretary and Chairwoman of People’s Committee of District 1’s Nguyễn Thái Bình Ward. There are three unidentified children among the dead, reported Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper. The fire started at a 20,000sq.m basement parking between blocks A and B of the Plaza. Thirteen cars and 150 motorbikes were burned. Hưởng said the fire-preventing door connecting the basement and the upper floor was open when the fire started and that many doors on the upper floors were also not closed, which … [Read more...] about HCM City’s fire victims die from suffocation

Nguyễn Văn Túc is jaied for 13 years for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration”. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Duyệt Viet Nam News THÁI BÌNH – A man has been jailed for 13 years for attempting to overthrow the government. The People’s Court of northern Thài Bình Province sentenced Nguyễn Văn Túc for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration” under Clause 1, Article 79 of the 1999 Penal Code at the first-instance trial today. The 54-year-old man, a resident in Thái Bình’s Đông Hưng District, will also be under probation for five years after he completes the prison term. According to the indictment by the provincial People’s Procuracy, Nguyễn Văn Túc has been recruited by foreign and domestic reactionary elements to join several organisations, for example, “Đảng dân chủ 21” (Democratic party 21), “Hội dân oan” (Association for victims of injustice), “Nhóm dân chủ” (Democratic group), and “Khối 8406” (Bloc 8406) since 2006. Túc also received financial support … [Read more...] about Man jailed for 13 years after overthrow attempt

In HCM City, where re-laying of roads have raised them above the level of houses in many places, compensation and loans worth US$13.44 million for house owners is being considered. —Photo thanhnien.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY – The HCM City Department of Construction has recommended compensation and financial support for households affected by higher road levels caused by relaying them. Compensation will be paid to owners of houses that are 0.3m or more lower than newly re-laid roads. The city will pay a non-repayable component of VNĐ47 billion (US$2.07 million) and provide preferential loans worth VNĐ258 billion ($11.37) to them. Affected houses that need to raise their floors will get VNĐ262,070 per square metre. For renovating the front, they will get VNĐ398,192 per square metre. They will get a flat amount of VNĐ12.1 million to fix their drainage and renovate the facade. More than 8,400 houses in Districts 6, 8, Bình Tân, Bình Thạnh, and Thủ Đức … [Read more...] about City gives $13.44m to those affected by road re-laying

Authorities check the weight of trucks running on National Highway 10, the section that goes through Nam Định City of the northern province of Nam Định. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Certain local authorities have not paid due attention to curbing overweight trucks in their jurisdiction, leading to rampant violations and elevated accident risks, the Việt Nam Road Administration, under the Ministry of Transport (MoT), said. The road administration added that 13 provinces – Hà Giang, Bắc Kạn, Sơn La, Đắk Nông, Bình Dương, Long An, Tiền Giang, Đồng Tháp, Trà Vinh, Cần Thơ, Kiên Giang, Sóc Trăng, and Cà Mau – still have not implemented truck weighing portable stations as part of the co-operation between police forces and transport authorities aiming at controlling overweight trucks. According to the agency, in the last 6 months (from December 21, 2016 to June 20, 2017), statistics gathered from weighing stations (both portable and fixed) as well as from … [Read more...] about 13 localities have not resumed operations of trucks weighing stations

Nguyễn Văn Tình (centre), one of the two escaped prisoners, is arrested on Sunday from a cave in Hòa Bình Province’s Mai Châu District. – VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Police General Department has suspended 13 jail officers for negligence that resulted in the escape of two death-row prisoners from a prison in Hà Nội last week. Following the incident, the Ministry of Public Security ordered 13 officials, including the jail superintendent, correctional officers and guards of the T16 detention centre in Hà Nội’s Thanh Oai District from where the prisoners escaped , to review their mistakes. The ministry on Saturday also appointed a new prison superintendent. The prisoners, Lê Văn Thọ and Nguyễn Văn Tình, were held in the same cell at the T16 detention centre and were awaiting their execution. Both were sentenced to death for involvement in narcotics and other crimes. The police arrested them again on Saturday … [Read more...] about Death-row prisoners escape: 13 jail officers suspended