The Hà Nội People’s Court on Friday handed down prison sentences to two Chinese nationals for “using computer, telecommunication and internet networks to appropriate property”.

The Tây Ninh People’s Court yesterday sentenced Nguyễn Ánh Ngọc, a 40-year-old woman, to 13 years in jail for defrauding property owners and appropriating properties.

One person died and another was injured in an accident on Sunday morning in An Phú Ward, Thuận An Town of the southern province of Bình Dương.

Quảng Bình Province border guards said yesterday they had safely moved a bomb weighing 350kg from a construction site in the Cha Lo International Border Gate with Laos.

HCM City has carried out drastic measures to ensure food safety and hygiene, but this is a long-term fight against unsafe food, said vice chairwoman of the city People’s Committee.

During the 2016-2020 period, HCM City will use VNĐ16.4 trillion (US$735 million) from the State budget, along with VNĐ24.2 trillion ($1.07 billion) from other financial resources to invest in phase 2 of a new rural area programme.

For the first time, poor farmers and those from ethnic minorities groups of central Quảng Trị Province have approached organic agriculture projects, helping them to get out of poverty and maintain their livelihoods.

Flooding due to heavy torrential rainfall has taken the lives of 13 people across the central region over the weekend amid fears of more rain this week. 

In an unprecedented show of love, gratitude and grief, thousands of Vietnamese citizens, expatriates and even tourists visited the Cuban embassy in Hà Nội to pay their last respects to Fidel Castro (1926-2016).