The Supreme People’s Procuracy yesterday upheld the life sentence given two years ago to Huỳnh Thị Huyền Như, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Department of the HCM City branch of VietinBank, for swindling customers out of nearly VND1.085 trillion (US$51 million).

The Đà Nẵng City People’s Court on Friday sentenced a man to 18 months behind bars for sending death threats to two high-level city officials.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited poor people and policy beneficiaries in Đăk Song district, the Central Highlands province of Đăk Nông yesterday and presented 200 gifts ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tết) festival.

Gardeners in HCM City’s Thủ Đức, Gò Vấp and 12 districts and southern provinces are hoping their hard work will pay off during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The Laos-Việt Nam Friendship Association of Vientiane donated 77 tonnes of rice and clothes worth 500 million Laotian Kip (US$60,000) to six central provinces hit by typhoon Damrey last year at a ceremony in the city yesterday.

Trà Vinh’s livestock sector experienced one of its worst years in 2017 with the prices of pigs and cattle falling sharply.

Fire prevention police across Việt Nam have issued warnings on the use of fire, electricity and petrol during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Minister of Education and Training cum head of the State Council for Professor Title of Việt Nam Phùng Xuân Nhạ has been told to fully review the list of professors and associate professors that were appointed early this month.

Shops in HCM City selling speciality items for Tết (Lunar New Year) have entered their peak sales period.