🚨 Rumors: Vietnam could reportedly merge provinces again, cutting the total from 34 to 16.
The claim has been denied, but people remember that rumors about reducing 64 provinces to 34 were also dismissed before becoming reality. 🇻🇳
🚨Hot news in Vietnam today: The government has proposed abolishing the Supreme People's Procuracy's investigative body.
All its powers shifted to the police and military. 🇻🇳
The alleged assault occurred July 5 at a Thanh Thuy resort. She reported it July 21. Police charged Hieu, 23, on August 17. He has not been convicted, and the investigation continues.
🚨 Vietnam Hot News: The US woman in the Phu Tho rape case says authorities paid more attention only after learning who her father was.
Apparently, justice needed her family credentials first. 🇻🇳
Her message is simple: no victim should need money, status or connections to be heard. Radical idea, apparently. Justice is supposed to be a right, not a premium service unlocked by the correct surname.
Unofficial confirmation: Online posts attribute to her a claim that the suspect’s family offered $100,000 for silence. They also allege Hieu and his father came to her hospital when its location was supposedly known only to police. Neither claim is officially confirmed.
Police say the 16-day reporting gap made evidence collection harder. Fair point. But her criticism concerns what happened after she reported it. A delayed report is not a VIP test for whether a victim deserves serious attention.
She says she initially lacked the help she needed. After alleged pressure and threats from the suspect’s family, she asked her father to intervene. Then the case received more attention. Apparently, justice needed to see the family résumé.
Lâm Thị Phương Thanh, showed up front and center at last night's Vietnam vs Malaysia football match, while her husband's name is trending across Vietnam for all the wrong reasons.
Smiling for the cameras.
Her ministry is also the one that requested Meta restrict Facebook and Threads posts about the case. So while millions of Vietnamese were blocked from discussing it online, the Minister was watching football.
For context: Lâm Thị Phương Thanh is the wife of Nguyễn Sỹ Cương, the former National Assembly deputy officially confirmed by police as the driver of the BMW that killed an 18-year-old girl. He paid compensation and walked away WITHOUT jail time