VIETNAM FESTIVAL
Drugs kill seven at Hanoi music event
The incident prompts officials to ban all electronic dance music festivals in Hanoi
Hanoi — Seven Vietnamese citizens have died and five are in a coma after taking drugs at an electronic dance music festival in Hanoi, officials said on Monday, as authorities scrambled to trace the substance. The Sunday night disaster, believed to be the deadliest drug-related incident in the country, shocked the communist nation’s conservative capital. Synthetic drug use is on the rise but remains largely underground among a relatively niche group of hard-partying youth. The victims tested positive for an unspecified drug, prompting officials to ban all electronic dance music (EDM) festivals in the capital. "Police investigators are trying to figure out what type of drug that was," deputy director of Hanoi police Nguyen Van Vien told reporters on Monday. Officials said the dead were all in their 20s, while the five people in a coma in intensive care are between 18 and 30. Sunday night’s "Trip to the Moon" festival was hosted by Vietnam Electronic Weekend in Hanoi’s upmarket West La...
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