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Vietnamese family asks for clarification in mysterious death of mentally-disabled 3-year-old

Published

7 months ago

September 13, 2022

A woman in Vietnam’s Hue City has requested police in Lam Dong Province to clarify the death of her mentally-disabled son after the boy was left in the care of a man in the province, who said the boy died of COVID-19 and was burnt into ashes.

The woman, L.K.L., 27, of Thua Thien-Hue Province, on Sunday said she had sent a denunciation to Lam Dong police asking for clarification of the death of her son after the boy was left in the care of a man for treatment of the medical problem, Nguoi Lao Dong (Laborer) newspaper reported on Sunday.

The accused man is L.M.Q., 45, a Hue resident but he temporarily resides in Lam Dong, to whom L. and her husband handed their son in early March.

Earlier in April, the boy’s father, N.H.N., sent a similar accusation to Hue police who then transferred the case to Lam Dong police for handling since the boy died in the province.

In the document, the 45-year-old father said his family discovered that their child had signs of retardation earlier this year and their acquaintances introduced them to Q. as the potential curer of their son’s illness.

Q. requested that the boy be sent to his treatment facility in Lam Dong’s Bao Loc City to be treated as an inpatient for two to three years at a cost of VND200 million (US$8,550) per month.

Agreeing to the man’s plan, N. and his wife took the boy to Bao Loc and handed him over to the man in early March 2022.

They also issued a power of attorney to authorize the man to bring up their son and transferred VND600 million ($25,650) as a deposit for the treatment process.

About three weeks later, Q. suddenly phoned N. suggesting a meeting in Hue.

When the two sides met on March 27, Q. informed them that the boy died of COVID-19 and he used firewood to burn his body into ashes, without reporting the case to local authorities.

Q. then gave the family an urn that he said contained the boy’s remains, N. said.

Explaining why the cremation was made, Q. claimed he had been afraid that “the dead body would be decomposed during the transport from Lam Dong to Hue.”

The man returned VND600 million to the family and offered to pay the entire cost of the boy’s funeral.

As the death of the boy was not confirmed by any health agency or local authorities, and the family also received information that Q. might have violated the boy’s body, N. decided to report the case to Hue police for investigation.

After receiving the case transferred by their counterparts in Hue in April this year, Lam Dong police launched an investigation but on August 16, they issued a decision to suspend the investigation, N. told Tien Phong (Youth) newspaper.

In the suspension decision, police officers explained that no forensic examination results were available and that the aggrieved party had yet to provide investigators with important objects and documents as required.

“Therefore, I later handed part of the ashes contained in the pot to police for such forensic examination,” N. said.

When contacted by Tien Phong reporters, Truong Minh Duong, chief of Lam Dong police, said he is asking relevant departments to report the case and will explain why the suspension of investigation has been issued.

Le Thi Theu, director of the Lam Dong Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs, affirmed that the address of Q.’s treatment facility in Bao Loc City is not in the list of licensed facilities for treatment of children with retardation, disabilities, or suffering the effects of Agent Orange.

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Society

Chickenpox outbreak spreads in Hanoi

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1 hour ago

March 31, 2023

TienphongNews

Hanoi has logged 548 new cases of chickenpox so far this year, with the most recent 70 infections recorded just this week, according to statistics from the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

There have been no deaths linked to the ongoing outbreak.

Chickenpox is on the rise compared to last year, and many of the patients are preschool and elementary school students, which respectively account for 36.5 percent and 38 percent of the total infections.

So far, 18 out of Hanoi’s 30 districts have been affected by the outbreak, with Chuong My, Me Linh, Ba Vi, and Nam Tu Liem Districts having each detected over 30 cases.

In the outlying district of Chuong My, the local medical center had reported five clusters of 237 chickenpox cases as of March 21.

In Ho Chi Minh City, children’s hospitals citywide said that they have recorded normal rates of hospital admissions and treatment linked to chickenpox.

However, as chickenpox cases tend to surge between February and June, parents should ensure their children are vaccinated and that their children’s play areas are kept clean.

Chickenpox cases could continue their upward trend over the next several weeks as Hanoi eases into spring, according to the Hanoi CDC, which also stated that local citizens should be aware that other infectious respiratory diseases such as the flu, measles, and whooping cough typically spread during this time of year.

Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus and can affect people of all ages.

It is typically spread from person to person via direct contact. It can also be spread through saliva and daily practices, like sharing utensils.

It takes 7-21 days after exposure to the virus for someone to develop symptoms of chickenpox, which include a mild fever, runny nose, cough, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, and an itchy red rash which covers the body with fluid-filled blisters.

Healthcare specialists advise chickenpox patients to take a bath as normal, regularly wash their hands with soap, refrain from sharing utensils with others, and keep their houses and workplaces clean.

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Hanoi has logged 548 new cases of chickenpox so far this year, with the most recent 70 infections recorded just this week, according to statistics from the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

There have been no deaths linked to the ongoing outbreak.

So far, 18 out of Hanoi’s 30 districts have been affected by the outbreak, with Chuong My, Me Linh, Ba Vi, and Nam Tu Liem Districts having each detected over 30 cases.

In the outlying district of Chuong My, the local medical center had reported five clusters of 237 chickenpox cases as of March 21.

In Ho Chi Minh City, children’s hospitals citywide said that they have recorded normal rates of hospital admissions and treatment linked to chickenpox.

However, as chickenpox cases tend to surge between February and June, parents should ensure their children are vaccinated and that their children’s play areas are kept clean.

Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus and can affect people of all ages.

It is typically spread from person to person via direct contact. It can also be spread through saliva and daily practices, like sharing utensils.

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31 Vietnamese students suffer suspected poisoning after receiving balloons from strangers

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9 hours ago

March 31, 2023

TienphongNews

Thirty-one students at an elementary school in Vietnam’s Central Highlands had symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and nausea after being given balloons by strangers.

The incident was recorded at Ly Tu Trong Elementary School in Buon Trap Town, Krong Ana District, Dak Lak Province.

Among the 31 students, 17 were admitted to the district medical center, five of whom received transfusions, a representative of the Krong Ana District Office of Education and Training said on Thursday morning.

The other 14 are being monitored at home.

Doctors diagnosed the children with poisoning, but the cause is unknown.

Currently, the health of the poisoned students is stable.

According to the report of Ly Tu Trong Elementary School, four strangers, including three women and one man, were giving balloons to students in front of the school on Wednesday afternoon.

This group of people was then asked to leave by a security guard.

About 30 minutes later, many of the students who had been given the balloons began to show signs of dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, and nausea.

The students were then taken to the school’s medical room and the case was reported to local authorities.

Authorities are investigating the incident.

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Thirty-one students at an elementary school in Vietnam’s Central Highlands had symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and nausea after being given balloons by strangers.

The incident was recorded at Ly Tu Trong Elementary School in Buon Trap Town, Krong Ana District, Dak Lak Province.

The other 14 are being monitored at home.

Doctors diagnosed the children with poisoning, but the cause is unknown.

Currently, the health of the poisoned students is stable.

According to the report of Ly Tu Trong Elementary School, four strangers, including three women and one man, were giving balloons to students in front of the school on Wednesday afternoon.

This group of people was then asked to leave by a security guard.

About 30 minutes later, many of the students who had been given the balloons began to show signs of dizziness, headache, abdominal pain, and nausea.

The students were then taken to the school’s medical room and the case was reported to local authorities.

Authorities are investigating the incident.

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Vietnamese woman extradited from Indonesia after 8-year evasion of international wanted notice

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18 hours ago

March 30, 2023

TienphongNews

A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol for an investigation into a fraud case dating back to 2015, local police said on Wednesday.

Nguyen Thi Anh Nga, a 36-year-old from Dong Thap Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, has been wanted internationally since 2015 after fraudulently appropriating over VND3 billion (US$127,591) from various individuals.

Nga then fled Vietnam to work in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia.

Police in Indonesia arrested Nga on March 7.

After discussing with their Indonesian counterparts, Interpol Vietnam brought Nga to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and handed her over to Dong Thap police officers for an investigation into the case.

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A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol for an investigation into a fraud case dating back to 2015, local police said on Wednesday.

Nga then fled Vietnam to work in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia.

Police in Indonesia arrested Nga on March 7.

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