One was shot dead and another was injured in a shooting in Thai Nguyen province

The shooting occurred at 20.00hrs August 26 in Tuc Duyen ward, Thai Nguyen city when a man, born 1988, was driving a woman, born in 1987, travelling around the city.

A young man fired three or four shots at the couple when they were moving near Monaco hotel.

The woman sitting behind was short in the head and died in hospital, said the police. The man sitting in the front was injured.

The police arrested the suspect, a 32-year-old resident of Thai Nguyen.

The cause of the shooting is under investigation. VOV