A shopkeeper's final act of kindness and the laws that came too late

A shopkeeper's final act of kindness and the laws that came too late

On a bitterly cold afternoon in Melbourne’s west, a quiet act of neighbourly courage ended in heartbreak. A local grocer stepped out to help another shopkeeper; he never went home. Van Viet Truong, known to locals as Jimmy, was 60 years old. He had traded on Hampshire Road in Sunshine for more than two decades. Mr Truong owned Hong Hung Asian Grocery. He was well known locally as someone hardworking who rarely took time off. He ran the family bu…