{"id":7262,"date":"2021-05-26T12:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T04:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T02:12:20","slug":"wine-seller-covid-19-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/wine-seller-covid-19-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice Wine Seller Enters COVID-19 Zone To Reclaim Money & Gets Quarantined"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wine seller breaks into the quarantine zone to reclaim payment<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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One of the biggest pet peeves that every business owner has is to collect overdue payments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although asking for one’s money back is tiring, it’s certainly not as bad as struggling to make ends meet as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the country’s economy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With that in mind, Ms<\/strong> <\/span>Do Thi Muoi<\/b>, a 45-year-old wine seller in Hai Duong, <\/span>broke into a COVID-19 zone<\/span><\/a> to find her non-paying customer. Here’s how her attempt played out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wine seller broke into quarantine zone by following trash-collecting truck<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nGoc Mit Village<\/em>
\nImage credit: <\/span><\/em>Thanh Nien<\/span><\/em>
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\nOn the evening of 21st May 2021, <\/span>Ms Muoi embarked on an 11KM ride from Nam Sach Ward to the quarantined Goc Mit Village on her scooter, according to Thanh Nien<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Upon reaching the entrance, she finagled her way into a quarantined neighborhood by following a trash-collecting truck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after entering the zone, she was spotted by security guards and taken to the local police station for investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She wanted to find her customer to reclaim debts<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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The reason for Ms Muoi’s actions was simple. The wine seller claimed that she had sold rice wine to a regular customer in the village a few days ago on credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after their transaction, Goc Mit Village was quarantined after 15 domestic infections were registered. <\/span>When she heard the news, she decided to break into the area to reclaim the overdue payments from her customer.<\/span><\/p>\n

In line with safety precautions, Ms Muoi was sent for a quick COVID-19 test and received a negative result. After that, local authorities sent her home in an ambulance van and placed her on a stay-home notice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On top of that, she also had to pay a penalty of VND3,000,000 (~USD130.06)<\/strong> for flouting COVID-19 regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wine seller sneaks into a COVID-19 zone to collect payments<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Just yesterday, Vietnam announced over 300 new domestic COVID-19 cases. To keep lives unfettered, medical authorities have imposed tighter restrictions and quarantined high-risk areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As harrowing as the COVID-19-related economic downturns are, they can’t compare with our physical well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

This new COVID-19 outbreak is an urgent challenge, so we must keep a cool head and abide by the safety rules. The sooner we can break the cycle of infections, the sooner we can return to normalcy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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