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Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Mai change lah I no wan too many competitors leh.......

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

No body wans to cokpete with u lah...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Aiyoh watch them??? ultimate torture watching those "niang niang chiang" actors nowadays you no need to purposely watch them already get bombarded by all those korean wave adverts, commercials, newspaper articles...etc

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

Sonetimes u so smart alec...

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Vietnam officials flummoxed by Russian beggar on popular tourist island

By Vi Vu August 10, 2017 | 11:35 am GMT+



The island authorities want more power to deal with foreigners who beg, disrupt public order, cause traffic accidents and street fights.
Officials in Vietnam's southern island resort of Phu Quoc are consulting provincial police and foreign affairs officials on how to deal with a Russian woman who has been begging on the street in recent days, an act deemed illegal under Vietnamese law.

The 20-year-old woman appeared in a photo which has gone viral on Facebook this week, showing her in meditation posture next to a pot and a sign that says she needs money.

Phu Quoc officials said they have found a place for her to stay temporarily, but they do not know what to do with her next.

She said she has been been begging her way through Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, spending the nights in parks or jungles and begging for money during the days to pay for food and other goods.

Tran Chi Dung, director of Kien Giang Province’s tourism department, told Tuoi Tre newspaper that foreigners begging in Vietnam is nothing new, and many have been seen asking for money by performing in the street.

“Compared to local beggars, the foreigners seem to be very polite, but according to the law this is not allowed,” he said.

Pham Van Nghiep, vice chairman of the island, said the Russian woman has also violated rules by not registering a place to stay.

He said the police will look into her papers and if her stay on the island has expired, they will send her home. The island does not have a social welfare center.

Foreigners can stay on Phu Quoc for 30 days without a visa, a policy launched several years ago to boost tourism on the country’s biggest island.

Western beggars have stirred debate in Vietnam and other Asian countries over whether they deserve special support or if they are just taking advantage of their hosts to blag a free vacation.

In March, the infamous German beggar Benjamin Holst was back in Saigon, with locals sharing photos of him paddling for money on the street while he was publishing posts from beer shops and fancy restaurants.

The city was reportedly lenient with him, but he did find himself in serious trouble with authorities in other Southeast Asian countries. In September 2014, he was deported and banned from returning to Thailand after officials found he had spent more than $1,400 that locals had given him at a party in Pattaya to buy a plane ticket home.

Nghiep from Phu Quoc said he has asked Kien Giang Province to grant the island more power to deal with foreigners because many of them have been involved in various problems other than begging, such as disrupting public order, traffic accidents and street fights.

He said the district wants to take matters into its own hands instead of waiting for the province to intervene.

Phu Quoc expects to receive more than 300,000 foreign visitors this year, up nearly 43 percent from last year. Its tourism revenue is also projected to go up 25 percent to VND11.15 trillion ($490.6 million), Vietnam News Agency cited local officials as saying.

Investments worth VND160 trillion ($7 billion) have been poured into the island’s tourism industry, including a casino and a cable car project. A 500-hectare (1,236-acre) safari was opened in December 2015, and hotels are being built to prepare for up to three million visitors a year by 2020.

The island is also trying to attract foreign investment to develop a special economic zone.

[ah rat]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Vietnam officials flummoxed by Russian beggar on popular tourist island

She doing meditation as the same time begging

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Vietnamese American man nicked for suspected car theft in southern Vietnam

By Nguyet Trieu August 9, 2017 | 05:17 pm GMT+7



A group of vigilantes chased the man down when they spotted him driving the stolen vehicle.
A Vietnamese American man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing a car in the southern province of Binh Duong, which neighbors Saigon, several days ago.

The man was captured by CCTV spiriting away a white Honda Civic outside a shopping mall on Sunday.

The owner of the car has been identified as Pham Viet Anh, a local in Binh Duong. But at the time of the theft, it was being driven by a young woman who had stopped to withdraw cash from an ATM.

On Wednesday morning, a group of vigilantes who have taken it upon themselves to patrol their neighborhoods spotted the car in Binh Duong's Thu Dau Mot Town.

When the man realized he'd been identified, he tried to drive off, but the gang chased him down and forced him to stop.

He has been identified as Kevin Long Nguyen, 29, a Vietnamese American.

At the police station, Long said he was a crystal meth addict and had returned to Vietnam for eight months after losing his job in the U.S.

He also claimed he had been applying for a job at the shopping mall on Sunday, which he failed to get. As he was leaving the mall, Long noticed the car with the key in the ignition, so he jumped in and drove off.

Long said he'd been trying to sell the car for VND470 million ($20,600) but was unable to find a buyer because he didn't have the registration papers.

Binh Duong police are investigating the case further.

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Saigon forecast to become Asia’s second fastest growing economy by 2021: report

By Anh Tu August 10, 2017 | 11:41 am GMT+7



Vietnam’s southern metropolis is on track to achieve 8 percent annual growth over the next five years.
Ho Chi Minh City will become the second fastest growing economy in Asia by 2021, Bloomberg cited a new study by the UK-based Oxford Economics as saying in a Wednesday report.

In the next five years, HCMC's economy is expected to grow by 8 percent each year, according to the study, which ranked Asia's 30 largest cities.

The city is the only non-Indian city in the top five that also includes Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad, reflecting its success in establishing itself as a manufacturing center, as well as its strong services sector, according to Bloomberg.

In January, Chicago-based financial and professional services firm JLL ranked HCMC the world’s second most dynamic city, after India’s Bangalore.

The city was categorized in the “High Potential Cities” that are driven by low costs, rapid consumer market expansion and high levels of foreign direct investment.

In the first half of 2017, the southern economic hub attracted $2.15 billion in foreign investment, double the amount it received in the same period last year, official data from the Ministry of Finance showed.

With economic expansion of 7.76 percent during that period, the city expects to hit annual growth of 8.4-8.7 percent, its leaders told local media in June.

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Retireees dun need leave...self given...

Oh yah I forgot hor, you are a Gozillionaire in usd/sgd so there is no need for you to work.......my bad.........pai-say pai-say........

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Sonetimes u so smart alec...

Haiz....thats the key word ....."sometimes" only....... means most of the time gong gong blur like fark wan......

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Vietnam officials flummoxed by Russian beggar on popular tourist island

By Vi Vu August 10, 2017 | 11:35 am GMT+

.

20yo russian syt beggar

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

[snipeshot08]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Vietnamese American man nicked for suspected car theft in southern Vietnam

By Nguyet Trieu August 9, 2017 | 05:17 pm GMT+7

Long said he'd been trying to sell the car for VND470 million ($20,600) but was unable to find a buyer because he didn't have the registration papers.

This guy thought he is still in the US of A where you can easily offload stolen cars

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by ah rat

She doing meditation as the same time begging

recently many of these ang moh are begging in SEA...they spent all their money and tried to beg...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Oh yah I forgot hor, you are a Gozillionaire in usd/sgd so there is no need for you to work.......my bad.........pai-say pai-say........

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

sorry...wrong channel...frequency salah...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Haiz....thats the key word ....."sometimes" only....... means most of the time gong gong blur like fark wan......

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

oops...most of the time you are smart alec...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

20yo russian syt beggar

Cheerios.....SS08 ^_^

quick your type...fly to Phu Quoc rescue her...

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

This guy thought he is still in the US of A where you can easily offload stolen cars

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

easi lah...just that he sway sway kena caught...