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The Hanoi police said the man suspected of killing a four-year-old girl and raping her eight-year-old sister last week did not show signs of mental disorder and was possibly just drunk at the time. 
Dang Tran Hoai, 26, told them he had attended a wedding in Tu Liem District that noon and got drunk. 
After leaving the party, he stopped to buy guavas from a street vendor, and stole the seller's knife.  Some reports quote him as telling the police that he had a sudden urge to have sex. 
When he passed a shop selling agricultural materials in Ha Dong District, he found the two girls alone inside. 
He parked his motorbike outside and went into the shop which was also the shopkeeper's house. 
He began to rape the elder girl and the younger one cried, so he slashed her repeatedly until she collapsed before continuing with his brutal act. 
The girls' uncle, who lives nearby, said that when he saw Hoai's motorbike outside with the key still in the ignition, he told his daughter to go over … [Read more...]

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday said it has proposed to the central government for the country to manufacture its own poison to execute those on death row, as the European Union has maintained its refusal to export the drugs. 
Minister Tran Dai Quang said at a meeting with the National Assembly the proposal is being assessed by the central government and will be carried out soon, news website Dan Tri reported. 
A total of 532 prisoners have been awaiting execution since the adjustment to the Law for Enforcement of Criminal Verdict took effect last July, replacing the firing squad with lethal injection as a more humane method of execution. 
The EU has banned the use of the drugs, telling Vietnam to eliminate capital punishment instead.  The death penalty has been abolished in all of the EU member states. 
Many Vietnamese lawmakers suggested at a meeting last October that Vietnam reinstate the firing squad as the death penalty would not be a deterrent if it could not … [Read more...]

Hanoi People's Court maintained the death sentence for Dang Tran Hoai, 27, who raped an 8-year-old girl, killed her 4-year-old sister, and stabbed a male relative of the victims. 
At yesterday's appeal hearing, Hoai argued that he committed the crime for the first time and was in an abnormal mental state. 
Hoai's mother told the court that Hoai was hit by a stone in the head when he was 16 and since had mental problems, such as talking nonsense and laughing to himself. 
Dang Tran Hoai (R) in court (Source: internet)
The mother asked the court to put Hoai in a mental asylum, but the jury rejected her request, explaining that the case file showed that he committed the crimes when he did not suffer any mental problems. 
After hearing all side arguments, the court yesterday rejected the defendant's claim, saying there was nothing that could be considered as extenuating circumstance in this case. 
Previously, at Hoai's first instance trial in October 2012, the court gave him the death … [Read more...]

At yesterday’s appeal hearing, the Hanoi People’s Court upheld two death sentences for Dang Tran Hoai, 27, who raped a little girl and killed her 4-year-old sister, and stabbed a man who is the victims’ relative. 
At Hoai’s first instance trial in October 2012, the court gave him a death sentence for rape and another for murder.  He also received a five-year imprisonment for robbing property. 
He later appealed, arguing that he committed the crime for the first time and in an abnormal mental condition. 
However the court yesterday rejected his claim, saying there was nothing that could be considered as extenuating circumstances in this case. 
Hoai’s mother told the court that Hoai was hit by a stone in the head when he was 16 and he has since had mental problems, such as talking nonsense and laughing to himself. 
The mother asked the court to put Hoai in a mental test, but the jury rejected her request, explaining that the case file showed that he committed … [Read more...]

PANO – An article, "Children’s voices in deep forest", by Nguyen Ngoc Tan from Gia Lai province, won first prize at the closing and awards ceremony of the writing contest, "Uncle Ho’s soldiers on the economic front", on December 17th in Hanoi. 
Second prizes went to "Those who make the brand of clean tea", by Me Quang Thang, a reporter from the People’s Army Newspaper, and "To the place where the sun sets", by Tran Dang, a reporter from the Thanh Nien Newspaper. … [ Read more...]

Tuoitrenews briefs the salient news published on Tuoi Tre on November 7. 
Society:
-- Vietnam Construction and Import - Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex) said the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge project that connects district 1 and district 2 costs about VND2.3 trillion.  The bridge which is 852.5m in length is expected to have four lanes, a 2-meter-long divider for planting flowers, and pedestrian lanes on the two sides of the bridge. 
-- The Saigon Zoological and Botanical Garden, the country's largest of its kind, will be expanded to cover another 0.15 ha (1,500 square meters) to 17ha, according to the city's People's Committee. 
-- Vietnam's deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just required People Committee of Nam Dinh Northern Province to submit an official report about the collapse of the 180m-tall television tower in the province during Typhoon Son Tinh late last month to the Office of the Premier before November 25, 2012. 
-- Police in Hai Phong northern province have filed … [Read more...]

On October 25, the Hanoi People's Court opened trial against defendant Dang Tran Hoai from Duong Noi Ward in Ha Dong District of Hanoi, for murder, rape and robbery. 
The trial of 26-year-old Hoai has attracted the attention of many people because of his extremely cruel behavior and lustful attitude and whose crimes committed in July shocked the country. 
During the trial, Hoai kept his head bent and repeatedly complained of suffering from a headache.  He even refused to answer all questions of the jury. 
Defendant Dang Tran Hoai at Hanoi People's Court trial (Photo: phatpluat)
However, the trial still went on after the jury affirmed he had no mental problems and was in good health. 
According to the jury's verdict, on July 29, 2012, Dang Tran Hoai, a native of Ha Dong District, wandered on his motorbike along Thang Long Avenue after leaving a wedding party organized in Tu Liem District. 
When he was passing the house of 30-year-old K.V.H in a rural area of Son Tay Town, he saw two … [Read more...]

As hundreds of executions have been pending since last year due to the absence of lethal injection drugs, lawmakers suggested Vietnam reinstate the firing squad. 
Speaking on Friday, National Assembly Vice Chairman Huynh Ngoc Son proposed the adjustment to the Law for Enforcement of Criminal Verdicts, which took effects last July, Vietnamnet reported. 
He said it was impossible to prolong the "troublesome situation," because without being executed, the death penalty loses its power as a deterrent. 
According to Son, nearly 450 death-row inmates have been awaiting execution since the new law took effect, but they could not be carried out due to the lack of the necessary drugs. 
The European Union, where the country had planned to import the drugs from, refused to sell them to Vietnam, saying that the country should eliminate capital punishment, instead, he said.  The EU, in fact, has already abolished the death penalty in all of its member states and is now an active promoter of … [Read more...]

HA NOI (VNS) — The Ha Noi People's Court yesterday sentenced Dang Tran Hoai , 26, of Ha Dong District to death for killing a four-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her eight-year-old sister. 
The incident happened on July 29 after Hoai got drunk at a wedding and saw the girls playing outside their house. 
Hoai forced the older sister into the kitchen and raped her, and when her younger sibling cried out for help, he killed her.  He also stabbed their uncle who tried to intervene. 
Hoai was arrested the day he tried to flee.-VNS … [Read more...]

A 26-year-old man, whose crimes committed in July has shocked the country, received two death sentences after he was convicted of rape and murder of a four-year-old girl by a court on Thursday. 
Hoai seen at the trial in Hanoi on October 25, 2012.Photo: Tuoi Tre
He also received a five-year imprison sentence for robbing property. 
One week before the trial, his family burnt incense to commemorate the victim and paid her family a compensation of VND200 million (US$9,600). 
During the trial, the man bent his head down against a chair and repeatedly complained he suffered a headache.  He even refused to answer all questions from the jury. 
However, the trial still went on after the jury affirmed he had no mental problems and was in good health. 
Hoai bent his head down against a chair and repeatedly complained he suffered a headache during the trial on October 25, 2012.  Photo: Tuoi Tre
According to the jury's verdicts, on July 29, 2012, Dang Tran Hoai, a native in Ha Dong district, … [Read more...]

Police in Hanoi on July 30 arrested Dang Tran Hoai, 26, from Co Dong Commune of Son Tay Town in Hanoi, for raping a 9-year-old girl and killing her 4-year-old sister. 
According to the police report, Hoai went on his motorbike to a pesticide store in Son Tay Town around 3pm on Sunday afternoon, after which he attended a wedding party in Tu Liem District where he got drunk and then took rest in the house soon after. 
At that time, the house owner, 32-year-old Khuat Van Hien and his wife were not at home and finding the children alone, Hoai exploited the situation to commit the crimes. … [ Read more...]

VietNamNet Bridge ' Police in Hanoi have arrested 26-year-old Dang Tran Hoai, who had raped a little girl, killed her 4-year-old sister, and stabbed a man who is the victims' relative. 
her 4-year-old sister in Son Tay Town, Hanoi on Sunday. … [ Read more...]

A Ho Chi Minh City court Tuesday sentenced a man to 17 years in prison for attacking and injuring seven members of a family with hammers.  Duong Van Nuoi, 32, had been charged with "attempted murder. " On September 26, 2010, Nuoi went to the house of Le Cong Quang, the older brother of Nuoi's boss, in Binh Tan District, and asked him to accompany him to a cafe.  Nuoi told the court he had felt "bored with work" and gotten the idea of "killing himself and other workers in the company. " He had taken two hammers with him to Quang's house.  While Quang was washing his face before leaving home, Nuoi grabbed a tree branch and hit him on the head twice.  He then went on to smash him on the nape of his neck with a hammer until he passed out.  Le Thi Huyen Nuong, Quang's sister, heard the commotion and came out of the house.  Nuoi pounced on her next, smashing her on the head until she too passed out.  Le Cong Tuong, Nuoi's boss, who had been sleeping in a bedroom with his wife Phan Thi Ngoc Chi … [Read more...]

(VOVworld) - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong has chaired an online national conference to train Party officials on the 4th plenum of the Party Central Committee’s resolution on Party building and prevention of moral degradation. 
Speaking in the opening session in Hanoi on Friday, the Party leader said the resolution aims to tackle a pressing issue of political, moral and lifestyle depravity and the resolution has been warmly welcomed by Party members and the public.  He said implementation of the resolution must be in sync with other resolutions by the Party, National Assembly and government to foster social economic development and consolidate public trust in the Party:“Successful implementation of the resolution requires clear awareness and solid determination with proper solutions.  The Politburo believes that with the Party political will and public support, the Party will be kept clean and strong as expected by the people.” … [ Read more...]

(VOVworld) The 7th International Kite Festival, themed “Dance of Peace”, opened in Vung Tau city, the coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on Friday. 
The annual festival, the 7th of its kind, attracts 94 kite-makers, including 64 international ones from 23 nations and territories, including the US, the UK, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Ukraine, Scotland, South Africa, and New Zealand.  This year event features first-time-attending kites, such as the Sun Flower Kite from Brazil, the big-sized kites from New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland, and the Ngu Hanh Giao Tranh (the Fight of five basic elements), Con Rong Chau Tien (Dragon’s and Fairy’s descendants) from Vietnam. 
Over the course of the three-day festival, international artisans will teach students how to make kites at several secondary schools in the province. … [ Read more...]

(VOVworld) – President Tran Dai Quang said the Vietnamese State welcomes initiatives by the business community to promote trade and investment in the region.  At a reception in Hanoi on Friday for the President of the US National Centre for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Mr. Quang reiterated Vietnam’s wish to attract more US businesses to invest in infrastructure, high technology, energy, services, and enable micro, small-and medium-sized enterprises to join trans-national supply chains.  The President of the Centre Monica Whaley said that the CEO Summit is an important event and that her organization would work to attract businesses to the CEO Summit as part of the APEC Year 2017 in Vietnam. … [ Read more...]

(VOVworld) - The Vietnamese Government is working to build a consistent and effective administrative system that facilitates development for the sake of people and enterprises, considering this the most important task towards 2020.  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the commitment at the 2016 Vietnam Development Forum (VDF 2016) in Hanoi on Friday.  Themed “A constructive and action-oriented government – New driver for development”, PM Phuc said speeches and experts’ assessments at the forum were useful for government agencies in precisely evaluating Vietnam’s growth prospects amid unpredictable developments in the world, so as to adopt appropriate measures to achieve the goals.  According to PM Phuc, next year Vietnam will focus on improving the business climate and competitiveness, adding that another key solution was to push ahead with economic restructuring in combination with a growth model change and on increase in productivity, quality, and … [Read more...]

(VOVworld) – Cuba and the US agreed that their Bilateral Commission plays an important role in resolving issues of bilateral relations, and promotes cooperation.  The 5th session of the Bilateral Commission took place on Wednesday in Havana discussed achievements in diplomacy and cooperation, the approval of a new agreement on healthcare, the resumption of scheduled flights from the US to Havana.  Cuba said although the US government has taken positive steps, the US restrictions and embargo on Cuba have considerably hindered Cuba’s economy and trade, and relations can be normalized only when all sanctions are removed. … [ Read more...]