Vietnam cabbie returns $2,400, credit cards to forgetful tourists

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Vietnam cabbie returns $2,400, credit cards to forgetful tourists

Nguyen Kim Tan (right) returns a bag with cash and credit cards to Australian tourist Carter John Frareis in Da Nang. Photo by Van Tien

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Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – May 18

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Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – May 18

Below are some of the main stories published today, May 18, in the Vietnamese press.

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Cabbie fired, fined for ripping off tourists in Vietnam capital

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A taxi driver in Hanoi has been fired and fined for ripping off a tourist couple in an especially devious manner.

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Hanoi police arrest 2 for posing as Red Cross workers to cheat tourists

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The Hanoi police Wednesday arrested a couple for allegedly cheating foreign tourists by posing as Red Cross employees and soliciting donations.

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Cabbie fired, fined for ripping off Aussies in Vietnam capital

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A Hanoi taxi firm has sacked and fined a driver VND20 million (US$949.58) for charging an Australian couple 10 times what the meter showed for a ride, VnExpress reported Wednesday.

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Life sentence upheld for man who slit fianceé’s throat

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Life sentence upheld for man who slit fiancee’s throat

Ngo Van Cuong being escorted from his unsuccessful appeal trial on May 3.Photo: C.Mai

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Filipino couple sentenced for fraud

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Filipino couple sentenced for fraud

VietNamNet Bridge – A Filipino couple was put on trial for fraud at the Hanoi People’s Court last week. Sheryl Baldicanas Rosaldo (born 1984) and Marcos Alberto Olito Quit (born 1978) joined another man to make spectacular tricks against foreign visitors in Vietnam.

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Taxi driver fined VND20 million for overcharging foreign tourists

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Taxi driver fined VND20 million for overcharging foreign tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – A representative of the Hanoi-based Trung Viet Taxi firm has apologized to and returned the money to an Australian couple who had to pay nearly VND1 million ($47) for a 7km journey in Hanoi.

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Hanoi cabbie arrested for fleecing Aussie tourists

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Hanoi police said Monday they have arrested a taxi driver who allegedly forced an Australian couple to pay 10 times what the meter showed for a short ride through the capital city.

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Doctor, titleholder of 2 beauty pageants arrested

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Doctor, titleholder of 2 beauty pageants arrested

Businesswoman Truong Thi Tuyet Nga, who won the title “Successful Lady” of Mrs. Vietnam Pageant 2009 and who finished second runner-up at Mrs. Global Vietnam contest held in the US last year was arrested for fraud on Saturday.

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Vietnamese couple face charges of extorting money from compatriots in Russia

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The Ministry of Public Security Wednesday asked prosecutors to charge a Vietnamese couple with extorting money from their compatriots living in Russia.

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Port city shaken by million-USD black credit insolvency

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Port city shaken by million-USD black credit insolvency

VietNamNet Bridge - On April 24, the police of Le Chan District, the northern port city of Hai Phong confirmed that a case of black credit insolvency had occurred in the city, shaking the local public.

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Bodies of couple found floating near shore

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Bodies of couple found floating near shore

Police in the coastal city of Nha Trang are investigating a case in which the bodies of a man and a woman tied to each other with fabric strings were found floating near the seashore of the city yesterday.

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Love story of HIV-carrying man

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Love story of HIV-carrying man

VietNamNet Bridge - Members of For Bright Future, a group of HIV carriers in Hanoi, call Ong Van Tung, 39 and his wife L as “couple of opposite extremes” since Tung carries the deadly virus, his wife does not. Fortunately, their son was born healthy.

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Four get 27 years in jail for trafficking women

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Four get 27 years in jail for trafficking women

A southern Tay Ninh Province court has sentenced four people for trafficking 11 young Vietnamese women to China and Malaysia as future wives for local men.

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