Vietnam to Buy World’s First Mobile DNA Analysis Machine
The Ministry of Public Security will buy a mobile DNA analysis machine from the NEC Corporation, the first of its kind in the work, to improve criminal investigations. Read More »Ministry Official: “We do not cover up any corruption.”
“We do not cover up any corruption,” a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Public Security assured Tuoi Tre when asked about corrupt traffic police officers in central provinces about whom the newspaper published two stories this week. Read More »Foul-Mouthed Traffic Cops Demanding Bribe Money
Some traffic policemen in Thanh Hoa Province blatantly demanded interest-borne bribes from truck drivers found violating road rules. And when the cops are not happy, they can resort to threatening, swearing and beating. Read More »18 Year Old Girl Gets 9 Months Jail for Slapping Traffic Cop
A court in Ho Chi Minh City today sentenced a girl who is barely 18 years old to 9 months in prison for slapping an on-duty traffic policeman last month. Read More »May the (Police) Force Be With You
A popular YouTube clip of two policemen fighting with stick and baton recently on a busy street in Ho Chi Minh City has now been hilariously turned into two “Star Wars” masters fighting each other with lightsabers. Read More »Chinese Police Rescue Babies from Human Trafficking Ring
Eight Vietnamese babies were rescued when China’s Guang Xi and Guang Dong police busted a child-trafficking ring at 2 pm on July 15, the Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolitan Daily reported. Read More »Strict New Rules for Vietnam’s Police Officers
The Ministry of Public Security Tuesday issued a new instruction banning police in the country from wearing black sunglasses, from smoking, from reading books and from putting their hands into pockets while on duty at public places. Read More »Hostage Rescued After Standoff at HCMC Bookstore
At 12:15 p.m on March 15, a young man ran into Phuong Nam Bookstore located inside the MaxiMark supermarket in Tan Binh District in Ho Chi Minh City, where he used a scissor and kept hostage a female employee at the bookstore… Read More »Russian Vietnamese Tries to Out-Talk Hanoi Cops
This 6 minute long video clip was uploaded to Youtube a few days ago and is beginning to make its round through Vietnam’s forums and blogs. Entitled, “1 thằng việt kiều rất bố láo với các chú công an” (Translated as: “An overseas Vietnamese guy acting very cheeky with police officers”)… Read More »Police: Vietnamese Journalist’s Murder Mystery Solved
Previously we reported about the case of Vietnamese journalist Le Hoang Hung who died after he was burned in sleep. Because of his work uncovering corruption and abuses of power, people originally speculated that the murder attempt was retribution… Read More »What (Not) To Do When Encountering Traffic Police
In major Vietnamese cities, motor vehicle traffic can be a headache for both motorists and police. Here are some clips of traffic police trying to catch violators (drivers without safety helmets) and the different ways the law breakers respond. Read More »Starting Off the New Year on the Wrong Foot
Hanoi traffic police were out in force from 7am on February 11 to enforce helmet laws on all roadways.Some tried to avoid police by turning their vehicles and going the opposite way, others tried to speed their way past police.
In Vietnam, all motorbike drivers must wear safety helmets or face fines if caught by traffic police. Click for more photos… Read More »
