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Doctors operate on man with chopsticks in skull

 Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City operated on a 25-year-old man who was hospitalized with chopsticks penetrating through his skull.

Rare butterfly on Red Book found in Soc Trang

 Police in the central province of Nghe An on September 13 arrested four drug traffickers suspected of involving in a transnational ring.

Nigerian sentenced to death for taking 3.2kg of narcotics into Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - At midnight, Vietnamese police discovered in the luggage of a Nigerian man, dozens of plastic bags containing white crystalline solids, which was then determined as narcotics, totaling 3.2kg.

US makes largest-ever bust of global synthetic drug ring

 US officials announced the largest-ever bust of a global synthetic drugs ring Wednesday, seizing thousands of pounds of illicit drugs and arresting 225 people in five countries.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 5/6

 Hanoi hosts seminar on LBGT in Vietnam; Fewer buses for My Dinh Station; Vietnam, France strengthen scientific cooperation; Fugitives caught in Son La Province

Deputy PM orders crack down on crime in HCMC, Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Speaking at a meeting on crime prevention and control in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 15, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said police must strengthen efforts to curb crime in both the cities.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 8/4

  ADB helps Thua Thien-Hue develop green urban areas; Over 100 illegally-traded air guns seized; HCM City looks to combat rising child obesity; Red Cross projects secure local partnership

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 3/4

  Drug trafficking detected in Quang Binh; HCM City launches campaign “For the poor 2013”; New road-worthy certificates welcomed; Donors contribute VND460 bn to northwestern region

Foreign woman sentenced to death for trafficking 5kg of drugs

VietNamNet Bridge – A Filipino woman was condemned to death yesterday, March 11, for transporting 5kg of narcotics into Vietnam.

Chinese man sentenced to death for trafficking 11kg of narcotics

VietNamNet Bridge - To get $40,000 for a delivery fee, a Chinese man transported nearly 11kg of drug from Cambodia to Vietnam and then to China.