Thứ Hai, 31 tháng 10, 2011

Nonchalance – a disease of modern time?

VietNamNet Bridge – A young man who was hit by a truck, many people surrounded to see and go away, leaving him alone; stealing assets of accident victims; patients die because doctors refused to give first aid without money… Nonchalance over the pain of others seems to be popular.


At 3pm, June 16, 2011, this man was robbed by two men while riding at the An Duong Vuong
 roundabout, District 5, HCM City. He pulled back his bag. The bag was torn. Banknotes were blown to the road…




Many passers-by did not help the man but tried to pick up the man’s money. It is so emotionless!


In the latest case in HCM City, a car hit several vehicles at the same time, killing two and injuring 17 others. Meanwhile, some passers-by did not help victims but stole their assets.

The most injured victim, a woman named Hong Ha, lost all of her money in the accident. It took police several days to identity a dead woman in the accident because her bag, with personal papers, was stolen.

Many readers wrote to VietNamNet to express their angry over cold-blooded thieves. However, those who eyewitness similar accidents said that it is popular.

Many people are still obsessed by a terrible accident in Thu Duc district, HCM City, two years ago. The victim is Nguyen Thanh Trung, a police officer who was cut in two by a truck. A video clip shot by someone shows that after the accident, Trung was still of sound mind. He even asked witnesses to call his family but nobody helped him. He was dead after that, before an ambulance came.

The five-minute video clip was post on the internet and it roused up a wave of public protest against passers-by, who only stood to see the victim.

Another example of Nonchalance occurred on July 23, 2011, in Cau Giay district, Hanoi. Hundreds of people calmly saw Nguyen Cong Vinh and his son unarmed resist against robbers.

Vinh said while he and his son were waiting for the bus, a young man picked Vinh’s pocket. Vinh detected and snatched his arm while the pickpocket was handing his purse to another man. Immediately, the accomplice rushed into to beat Vinh and his son. Hundreds of people surrounded to see but nobody gave him a hand. Vinh had to let thieves go.

Police of Nam Can district in Ca Mau province are investigating a group of doctors of Nam Can Hospital who made the death of a girl named Duong Thi Thu Huyen, 16.

At around 3am, June 28, some people saw Huyen with many injures lying on the road. They brought the girl to Nam Can hospital for first aid. However, doctors refused to receive the victim just because she did not have enough money. Until Huyen’s family came to pay money, doctors performed cursory examination. The young gird was dead next morning.

As a result, hundreds of people rushed to demolish the hospital and paraded on the street with the dead body. Dozens of people were arrested and 34 were prosecuted. Doctors involved in the case were dismissed and punished.


At around 5pm on July 28, 2011, this truck was upturned on National Highway 1A in Dai Trach commune,
 Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province. Fruit boxes on the truck were spilled to the road.





While the driver was trying to get out of the truck, locals stole all fruits.


Doctor of sociology Trinh Hoa Binh said that Vietnam is transforming between two civilization of wet rice and industry. The society, therefore, is experiencing the change of values and lifestyle.

According to Binh, this situation is partly caused by competent agencies’ weakness. “If police officers appeared quickly, how can passers-by stole assets of accident victims?”

Lawyer Nguyen Ngoc Hung from HCM City says nonchalance is not new. It appeared since humans appeared, at different level along with the development of society. “We have to find ways to control this nonchalance and one of the important tools are laws,” Hung stressed.

“Policy makers should not pay attention to economic and politic development only and neglect the goal of building a real society in which humanity appears everywhere. A developed society without humanity is a disabled society because economic and politic development is meaningless when people live in nonchalance,” Hung said.

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