Unlicensed doctor fined for illegal abortionVietNamNet Bridge – An unlicensed doctor in the central province of Nghe An was fined VND50 million (US$2,200) for performing an unsafe abortion that killed a local woman. Family member gather around the body of a woman that dies after having an unsafe abortion. — Photo: VNNThe unlicensed doctor, Dinh Thi Thanh, 52, performed the abortion by placing a catheter into the woman’s uterus and fed her boiled katuk (Sauropus androgynus) water on March 12, Vietnamnetonline newspaper reported. Local officials said Thanh had only finished secondary school and possessed neither medical qualifications nor a medical license. Thanh reportedly agreed to perform the abortion at the price of VND1.7 million ($75), as per the earlier request of the dead woman’s mother.