Horsing around on the train

Vietnam Railways (VNR) has learnt a lesson the hard way, after its customers turned up their noses to free food.
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Strange thief

Last month, the People's Court of Vĩnh Long City in the province of the same name sentenced Nguyễn Linh M to two years in prison for stealing the vehicle
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Petrol station con explodes online

A petrol station owner in Hà Nội turned to the online community to look for a driver who owed him VNĐ300,000 ($13) after buying petrol and leaving his registration license which was about to expire as collateral.
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Supermodel judges

In most of the world, judges are supposed to be highly educated, even-handed and have unimpeachable character. But apparently in Việt Nam , they should also be catwalk models.

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No such thing as a free lunch

 In a rather rare public embarrassment, a number of restaurants in a district of central Nghệ An province are accusing the authorities of skipping the bill after they hosted guests at the eateries.

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Robber repents after huge score

One morning, officials from the People’s Committee of An Phú Ward in Bình Dương province were surprised to find a bag containing VNĐ100 million (US$4,300) in cash and a 3-page handwritten letter.

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Too good to be true

In an unbelievable but true story, a 28-year-old man residing in central Quảng Nam’s Hội An managed to steal 430 taels of gold – worth over VNĐ10 billion (US$430,860) – from a jewellery shop over the past six years without being noticed.

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