On February 6, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa (owner of 8/1 Nguyen Thien Thuat, Nha Trang City) confirmed the incident, Mr. Ho Van Tam - owner of Aroma Beach restaurant owed rent for nearly 2 years (from April 2023 to February 2025).
Mr. Ho Van Tam is the owner of the Aroma Beach restaurant that was recently inspected by the authorities after Chinese tourists accused the restaurant of "overcharging".
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa, Mr. Ho Van Tam rented 3 adjacent houses from Mr. Khoa's family with a total rent of more than 1.47 billion VND to date. During the rental period, Mr. Tam also arbitrarily repaired the structure of the house without consulting the landlord.
Because he could not get his rent back, Mr. Khoa sued Mr. Ho Van Tam at the Nha Trang City People's Court. After the court received the petition, it summoned him for mediation many times, but Mr. Tam did not show up.
Mr. Khoa's family has also repeatedly accused Mr. Tam on social networks of fraud, property appropriation, and non-payment of rent, affecting their lives.
In the confrontation record of Nha Trang City People's Court, Mr. Ho Van Tam admitted that he had stopped paying rent since May 2023.
In the written response to Mr. Khoa's family's request to reclaim the premises, Mr. Tam stated that the contract did not stipulate that late payment of rent would lead to the repossession of the premises. Furthermore, he had invested nearly 2 billion VND to renovate the house...
As Lao Dong reported, on the afternoon of February 4, on the page "Nha Trang - Review everything" an article by author M.H and a picture of the restaurant Aroma Beach charging sky-high prices to foreign customers were spread.
According to author M.H, when surfing the Chinese website, he saw customers complaining about a "black" restaurant in Nha Trang with bills and pictures of the restaurant.
According to the bill the tourist submitted on the evening of February 3, the price of grilled eggplant with scallion oil was more than 1.8 million VND, 2 balut eggs cost 700,000 VND, 2 stir-fried water spinach with garlic cost 1 million VND... The total bill was more than 20 million VND, including more than 4 million VND in surcharges.
