Male tourist fined $8 for peeing into sea in southern Vietnam
Monday, April 29, 2024, 09:11 GMT+7
The administration in a ward in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, on Sunday fined a male tourist VND200,000 (US$8) for urinating into the sea.
The People’s Committee of Ward 5 in Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province imposed the fine on Nguyen Van N., a 34-year-old from Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam.
A photo surfaced on social media on Friday of two men standing on the embankment along Tran Phu Street in Ward 5, with one of them peeing into the sea.
His act has created an online stir.
The remaining man was identified as Dang Huu V., a 37-year-old resident of Tay Ninh Province, another neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City. He also faced a fine for parking a car in the wrong lane.
Authorities in Vung Tau City found the two men thanks to surveillance cameras.
While working with officials, N. admitted his wrongdoing and committed to not repeating the act.
Vung Tau City currently has 28 public toilets with most of them displayed on Google Maps, said Phan Trong Hanh, head of the city’s culture and information division.
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