58 people arrested for lighting prohibited fireworks on Lunar New Year’s Eve in Vietnam
Friday, February 12, 2021, 12:51 GMT+7
Police in different districts in the north-central province of Ha Tinh arrested a total of 58 people for setting off prohibited types of fireworks on Lunar New Year’s Eve on Thursday.
Forty-one arrestees in 55 detected cases come from Huong Son District.
The confiscated items include two 36-piece boxes of fireworks, two nine-piece boxes of fireworks, 169 ball-shaped firecrackers, seven buzz firecrackers, one handmade firecracker, and 20 firework shells of all kinds.
In Nghi Xuan District, 12 people were detained for setting off illegal fireworks.
In Vu Quang District, police officers apprehended five people for using prohibited fireworks, seizing five 36-piece boxes of fireworks.
The majority of the violators are teenagers, according to local police.
Vietnamese law prohibits all activities in association with the production, trading, transportation, import, export, storage, and use of firecrackers and fireworks and materials thereof, except for some specific cases.
Apart from that, prohibited acts include illegally producing, trading, importing, exporting, transporting, storing, and using fireworks and firework materials.
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| Prohibited fireworks explode in the sky in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam on 2021 Lunar New Year's Eve. Photo: Ngoc Thang / Tuoi Tre |
The government recently amended a decree, which took effect on January 11, allowing all Vietnamese to light up fireworks for some special events such as Lunar New Year festivals, birthdays, wedding ceremonies, conferences, grand openings, anniversaries, and cultural activities.
However, the fireworks allowed are the kinds that do not explode and are produced or imported by the Ministry of National Defense or authorized organizations.
Meanwhile, the fireworks detected in the aforementioned cases in Ha Tinh Province are low- and high-altitude ones of unknown origin that emit loud explosions and long-lasting brightness.
Many local people have been startled and annoyed by the unexpected noise and unpleasant smell produced by the prohibited fireworks during the Lunar New Year holiday.
They expect the authorities to beef up measures against the acts of storing, trading, and using illegal fireworks to ensure public security and social order.
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