Miss Thuy Tien appears in court in the Kera candy case
On November 19, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court opened a first-instance trial of 5 defendants in the case related to Kera candy products distributed by Chi Em rot Company.
In this case, defendant Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien (27 years old, residing in Khanh Hoi ward, Ho Chi Minh City; Miss Grand International 2021) and 4 defendants of Chi Em rot Group Joint Stock Company (abbreviated as Chi Em rot Company) for the crime of "Fraud against customers".
The 4 defendants of Chi Em rot Company include: Nguyen Thi Thai Hang (aka Hang "Du muc", 30 years old) - Chairman of the Board of Directors (BOD) of Chi Em rot Company; Pham Quang Linh (aka "Quang Linh Vlogs", 27 years old) - Member of the Board of Directors of Chi Em rot Company; Le Tuan Linh (36 years old) - Director of Chi Em rot Company and Le Thanh Cong (36 years old) - Member of the Board of Directors of Chi Em rot Company. See more...
Proposing schools to refund the health insurance money collected from students in Ho Chi Minh City
On November 19, Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance sent a document to primary, secondary, high schools, ... to implement the Resolution of the City People's Council on supporting health insurance (HI) payments for students in the area.
Ho Chi Minh City Social Insurance recommends: for cases where students do not have a health insurance card until December 31, 2025, they should urgently compile a list and send it to the Social Insurance agency to issue health insurance cards to them before November 30, 2025 to ensure their health examination and treatment rights and comply with Resolution No. 56/2025/NQ-HDND dated November 14, 2025 of the City People's Council.
For schools that have collected health insurance money from students to issue health insurance cards for 2026, they will immediately refund the amount collected to the parents. See more...
Green vegetable prices in Ho Chi Minh City skyrocket, nearly equal to pork
Recorded at Thu Duc market on the morning of November 19, Ms. Nguyen Be - a vegetable trader said that the prices of some vegetables were still higher than normal, even some leafy vegetables continued to increase by several thousand VND/kg compared to the beginning of the week.
At traditional markets, green onions cost 70,000-90,000 VND/kg, previously only about 30,000-40,000 VND/kg, water spinach 70,000 - 90,000 VND/kg, lettuce cost 60,000-80,000 VND/kg, tomatoes 40,000-50,000 VND/kg, cucumbers 35,000 VND/kg. See more...
HCMC handles 338 violations during the peak of year-end market inspection
On November 19, Mr. Nguyen Quang Huy - Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Department said that in nearly a month of implementing the plan (October - November 18), the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management force has launched a drastic campaign, inspecting 348 cases, accounting for 33.49% of the total number of inspections for the whole year and reaching 50.36% of the number of inspections before issuing the plan. Inspection activities are being implemented synchronously with the goal of not loosening management and not interrupting market control.
As a result, there were 338 violations and 529,694 products were temporarily detained. The value of the violated goods was more than 11 billion VND. The fine for payment to the budget is nearly 2 billion VND. See more...
Verifying the clip of a couple fighting on the street in Ho Chi Minh City
On November 19, many clips of the chaotic scene were circulated on social media: A couple on two motorbikes stopped in the middle of the road, exchanged words and then rushed in to fight. It is known that the incident occurred at around 8:00 p.m. on November 18, on Tran Thi Boc Street, near Quang Trung intersection.
On the same day, Dong Thanh Commune Police were present at the scene, coordinating to extract security cameras of surrounding houses to identify the identities of the people involved and strictly handle them according to the law. See more...
