Vietnam police confirm ex-politician spared charges over crash that killed teen in Hanoi

A former Vietnamese politician unintentionally killed a ⁠teenager in a traffic accident in central Hanoi last year but was exempted from criminal prosecution, a police officer told state television, shedding light for the first time on a case that has fuelled criticism online for months.The interview was broadcast on Monday evening, days after people began leaving flowers at the site ‌where the accident occurred last May, in what dissident and youth groups described as an act of protest in the tightly controlled, communist-ruled country. Authorities said the accident’s exploitation was carried out by “hostile forces”.Videos shared on social media show people in uniform preventing passers-by from leaving flowers and standing next to a tree where the accident took place.