Ho Chi Minh City tightens tourism management amid growing scams, visitor solicitation
Ho Chi Minh City 15:10 08/08/2026Ho Chi Minh City is stepping up tourism management and visitor protection as aggressive solicitation, price gouging and increasingly sophisticated online scams involving tour and hotel bookings continue to affect tourists, with the municipal Department of Tourism and police signing a coordination agreement for 2026-31.
Vietnam premier orders crackdown on building material hoarding, price manipulation
Economy 19:05 22/03/2026Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered various ministries and relevant agencies to intensify efforts to curb market manipulation, hoarding and price inflation in the construction material sector in a bid to stabilize costs and accelerate major infrastructure projects.
Ex-director of Hanoi public hospital jailed over gouging of medical equipment price
Vietnam News 09:31 25/01/2022The former director of Bach Mai Hospital was sentenced to five years in prison
Hanoi public hospital’s executives arrested for price gouging of medical equipment
Vietnam News 11:29 26/09/2020It is estimated that the arrested appropriated VND10 billion ($430,800) from patients via the use of equipment with inflated prices
Morphing Hoi An: more problems in tourism
Vietnam News 17:01 30/01/2018The name of this ancient town is being sullied by some local practices and deeds
