Hà Nội police yesterday reported they had detained a suspect for investigation into a cheating case related to property appropriation.

The Hải Phòng City police have decided to initiate criminal proceedings against three journalists from Kinh Doanh and Pháp Luật (Business and Law) newspaper for extortion.

One foreign tourist was killed and another injured in a traffic accident on National Highway 6 through northern mountainous Hòa Bình Province.

The Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre is mobilising efforts and has called for support from all vessels to participate in the search for nine missing crewmen.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved a pilot programme that will use software and automation technology to manage public parking zones on two streets in Hoàn Kiếm District.

Traffic accidents have killed 2,100 people and injured 3,800 others in the first three months of 2017, which is a decrease compared to the same period last year.

The People’s Court of the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Nông yesterday handed sentences of up to nine years imprisonments and another four and a half years of suspended sentences to a whistleblower-turned-briber and seven others for taking bribes and taking advantages of influence to seek personal benefits.

A soaring number of methanol poisoning cases from bad-quality methanol-laced alcohol have substantially harmed the reputation of traditional alcohol-making villages, the Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper reported.

Up to 76 per cent of pork meat sold in traditional markets in Việt Nam are slaughtered in substandard abattoirs. The rate of pork meat infected with Salmonella, a group of bacteria that can cause food poisoning, is estimated at 30-40 per cent.