On the morning of August 8, the leader of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau province said that the Department of Information and Communications had decided to administratively fine Ms. NTT (52 years old, residing in Dinh Binh commune, Ca Mau city) 7.5 million VND for using the Facebook account "Mai Vang" to provide false information. Ms. T. is the person who posted the clip accusing her of being "ripped off" when eating Ca Mau crab.
Accordingly, at around 8:26 a.m. on August 4, Ms. T. used her Facebook account Mai Vang to post the following content: “Everyone saw it squeezing the customer’s throat. 2 crabs, some mussels, 5 mudskippers for 2.5 million VND, Dat Mui, Ca Mau. You have to look carefully before entering the restaurant, it’s as deserted as a temple, seeing my family driving a car, it’s killing me.”
After receiving the information, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ca Mau province verified at the tourist site Huong Dat Mui (Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district).
As a result of verification, the management of Huong Dat Mui tourist destination confirmed that the image posted by Mai Vang account owner on social media took place at this tourist destination.
On August 1, Huong Dat Mui tourist site served a group of 5 people and issued a bill of more than 1.2 million VND, including: 1 portion of steamed mussels for 150,000 VND; 1 portion of braised pineapple fish for 250,000 VND; 1 portion of grilled mudskipper for 125,000 VND; 2 0.8kg crabs for 600,000 VND; 1 portion of stir-fried water spinach for 50,000 VND; a portion of white rice for 30,000 VND, 3 cold towels for 9,000 VND, 2 bottles of mineral water for 20,000 VND and 5 raincoats for 50,000 VND.
The manager of Huong Dat Mui tourist site confirmed that from July 31 to August 4, this restaurant did not issue invoices or accept cash for any orders with the amount of 2.5 million VND.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has coordinated with the Department of Information and Communications, the Police, and the authorities of Dinh Binh Commune, Ca Mau City to invite the owner of the Mai Vang account, Ms. NTT, to work.
Authorities determined that Ms. T. was the one who directly posted the above content on social media. Ms. T. posted the dishes with the amount of 2.5 million VND because she heard it from her husband while he was drunk. Ms. T. also did not hear it correctly, only heard "two million or two and a half million or something".
Ms. T. and her husband did not pay at the Huong Dat Mui tourist site, but an acquaintance from Ninh Binh paid.
Through working with the authorities, Ms. T. acknowledged that her actions were wrong and pledged not to repeat the offense. To date, this woman has been administratively punished by the authorities of Ca Mau province as mentioned above.
