Việt Nam News

A resident of Dương Hòa Commune in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế went out last Tuesday looking for honey. Instead, he found a bomb in the local Đại Bác Forest. Bot just any bomb, but one with a detonator. Instead of running for his life, Nguyễn Cửu M. decided to satisfy his curiosity.

Last Saturday, a 24-year-old driver was pulled over by traffic police in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District for a traffic violation. Nguyễn Hữu Đạt jumped out of his car and attacked the policeman, leaving him slightly injured.

In what consider a miracle story, police in HCM City has found the thief and recover a bicycle for a tourist from Lithuania.

Last weekend, a patient was brought to the emergency ward of the Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội with a “crazy expression” on his face and the added symptoms of “delirium and bloating.”

Doctor Nguyễn Thành, director of Hà Nội’s 115 Emergency Centre, said an emergency team had been sent to give first aid, but they went to the wrong address and returned without finding any patient there.

Is it your lifelong dream to holiday at a storm and tsunami warning centre? If the answer to this very specific question is yes, look no further than central Thanh Hóa Province.

Most burglary in Việt Nam is performed with basic tools and little planning, wham, bam thank-you ma’am stuff. But a gang of thieves from the northern province of Bắc Giang went above and beyond (or below and though) to fulfill their nefarious goals.

Money doesn’t grow on trees. It drops like manna from heaven. Or so some residents of Huế City might have thought last week piles of red envelopes with currency notes rained down on a stadium.

This story might set your teeth on edge, but rest assured, it has a toothless ending.

Residents of Việt Nam’s big cities have been separating their garbage for recycling for years, in both their houses and public areas. Children have been taught the difference between recycled and non-recycled waste.

What do you do when you see a bomb, especially a bomb with its detonator? The answer is you run away as fast and far as you can. However, there are exceptions to this rule.

What do fairies with wings and halos do? They fly. Or they stand motionless on street corners, wearing masks. Well, sometimes, they might fidget a bit, but not much.

Phùng Thị Hưng, chairwoman of Hà Nội-based Cát Tường Technology Import-Export Co.said her herbicide was safe for humans, crops and biodiversity in general. To prove it, she tilted the bottle in front of the shocked audience and gulped down a few mouthfuls of the herbicide.