Phạm Công Danh sentenced to 30 years in prison

The HCM City People’s Court yesterday sentenced Phạm Công Danh, the former chairman of the board of Việt Nam Construction Bank (VNCB), to 20 years in prison for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at VNCB.

 

 

Điện Biên children risk lives fishing for wood

Recently, children living near Nậm Mức stream in Búng Giắt Village in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên have started to risk their lives fishing wood from the swiftly-flowing floodwaters.

New regulation limits patient numbers

Long queues of people lining up for health checks are a common scene at public hospitals, and many have to wait for a day until they can see a doctor.

 

 

Hydropower plants turn lives upside down

Hydropower projects in the central province of Nghệ An are causing problems for local people due to poor planning that has damaged the environment and led to the threat of damn breaches during the rainy season.

Red Cross holds fundraising walk for AO victims

More than 5,000 volunteers and members of the Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) as well as local residents joined a fundraising walk for Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims and people with disabilities on Sunday (August 5) at Đầm Sen Cultural Park in HCM City’s District 11.

 

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