Man rescued at sea returned to Cambodia

BAC LIEU — Bac Lieu provincial border guards returned a Cambodian citizen home yesterday after he was rescued by a Vietnamese fishing boat out at sea.

The 22-year-old man was found floating in the territorial waters of Viet Nam on September 3, 2010. He was then sent in good health to a border post in Bac Lieu Province without any personal papers and belongings.

After being taken care of by provincial border guards, the man had necessary procedures completed to return to Cambodia.

Four allegedly abused boys return home

DONG NAI — Four allegedly abused boys who escaped from a charity orphanage in southern Dong Nai Province were returned to their provincial authorities on Tuesday.

Two of them would go back to their families while the others would live in the Bien Hoa Orphanage, said provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Thi My Phuong.

The boys, aged 4,5,6 and 13, were found with injures to their bodies on a street in HCM City on November 8 after escaping from the Dong Nai Open House.

HCM City Social Protection Centre, where the boys have been living since they were found, has also transferred money donated to the children by benefactors totalling VND7 million (US$350) to authorities in Dong Nai Province.

The police are still investigating the case. — VNS

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Officials warned over sale of State property

PHU YEN — Two senior officials from central Phu Yen Province received warnings yesterday for illegally selling State-owned properties.

Deputy chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Ba Loc and director of the provincial Finance Department Do Duy Vinh were involved in selling three houses on Tran Hung Dao Street, the busiest shopping street in Tuy Hoa City, to Sacombank without having a proper auction and at a price lower than the market value.

The purchase was cancelled last year at the request of the provincial Party Committee in November. Deputy head of the provincial Finance Department's State-owned property management division Le Van Loi was put in temporary detention earlier this year.

Two children die after eating toad eggs

HCM CITY — Two siblings, aged 15 months and four years old, died after eating toad eggs on Sunday in Vinh Thoi Commune, Lai Vung District, southern Dong Thap Province.

Their 25-year-old mother was hospitalised on the same day but doctors at Cho Ray Hospital said she was recovering.

Tran Quang Binh, head of the hospital's Tropical Diseases' Department, said toad meat contains protein, but its skin, eggs and bile are poisonous.

After being poisoned, vomiting is the best method to remove the poison.

Fundraising to aid landslide victims

HA NOI — The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Viet Nam-China Friendship Association yesterday officially launched a fund raising campaign for landslide victims in Zhouqu in north-western China's Gansu Province.

The week-long fund raising campaign will end on September 15.

On the campaign's first day, US$53,000 was raised in Bac Giang, Binh Dinh, Lang Son, Quang Nam, Lai Chau, Yen Bai and Khanh Hoa Provinces and by PetroVietnam and Vincom.

The landslide killed 1,239 people and 298 were still missing.

Company fined for discharging waste

BINH PHUOC — Southern Binh Phuoc Province People's Committee fined foreign invested C&N Vina Ltd Co in Chon Thanh District VND150 million (US$8,000) for discharging untreated waste water.

The company also released 10 times the regulated amount of waste water. — VNS

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