Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang and Mr. Bui Quang Huy, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, presented certificates and logos to 20 outstanding young police faces in 2024.

Among these 20 faces is Captain Tran Hoang Ngoi, a police officer of Tich Thien commune, Tra On district, Vinh Long province.

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Authorized by the Minister of Public Security, Colonel Nguyen Trong Dung, Director of Vinh Long Provincial Police, presented the certificate and symbol of the title "Outstanding Young Police Face" in 2024 to Captain Tran Hoang Ngoi. Photo: Vinh Long Police

Captain Tran Hoang Ngoi, formerly an officer of the Economic and Drug Crime Investigation Police Team, Tra On District Police, had both legs amputated while chasing sand bandits.

At around 10:00 p.m. on November 23, 2023, a patrol team of Tra On District Police consisting of 4 officers, including Captain Tran Hoang Ngoi, organized a patrol to ensure security and order on the Hau River. The patrol team discovered a wooden boat (no registration number) with 2 subjects illegally mining sand.

The patrol team signaled the vehicle to stop and fired warning shots, but the subjects stubbornly refused to comply and drove away.

The suspect's boat collided with the patrol boat, causing four police officers to fall into the river.

After that, 3 police officers were able to cling to the subjects' boat, but Captain Ngoi was seriously injured, with both legs severed, suspected to have been caught in the "propeller" of the subjects' boat. After the incident, the 2 sand bandits fled ashore.

Captain Ngoi was taken to the Can Tho Central General Hospital for emergency treatment. Due to the severity of his injuries, doctors had to amputate half of his right thigh and his left leg above the knee.

After that, Captain Tran Hoang Ngoi received physical therapy to get a prosthetic leg at the Rehabilitation and Occupational Disease Treatment Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Captain Tran Hoang Ngoi is the youngest of six siblings. Ngoi is a cadre who grew up in the grassroots, his grandmother is a Heroic Vietnamese Mother and his father is a war invalid. Captain Ngoi's family is also difficult, his four sisters have their own lives but are all self-employed.