Ho Chi Minh City
largest city in Vietnam
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- Oct 5
Police in Vietnam arrest 12 men for stealing 2,700 cats for restaurant meat trade
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained 12 suspects accused of abducting approximately 2,700 pet cats during nighttime raids to sell them to restaurants for 70,000 dong per kilogram.
- Jul 11
Speedboat carrying Indian tourists capsizes off Phu Quoc, 15 dead; Lava Mobile group among victims
The speedboat overturned 400 metres from Phu Quoc's coast on Saturday, leaving 21 survivors. Many on board were employees and distributors of Indian phone maker Lava Mobile attending an annual meeting.
- Jun 17
Vietnam police seize more than 400 cats in one of the largest busts against the country's cat meat trade
Police in Ho Chi Minh City recovered more than 400 live cats and about 80 dead ones stored on ice during raids last week, dismantling a network that had been stealing pets across southern Vietnam for three years.