At 8:30 pm on May 13, a task force randomly stopped and checked a 54-year-old Russian national riding a motorbike on Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam. Later, at 9:46 pm the same evening, the task force conducted an administrative check on a Canadian national riding a motorbike with a Dong Nai City license plate on Tran Phu Street in Nha Trang Ward.
In a village west of Da Nang City, central Vietnam, the arrival of mackerel from the coast still brings back memories of smoky kitchens, wood-fired stoves, and a humble dish that generations of families grew up with: slow-braised fish cooked until the bones have softened enough to melt on the tongue.