Prison sentences pronounced on rioters in Bình Thuận

The People’s Court of Phan Thiết City in the central province of Bình Thuận handed down prison sentences of between 2-3.5 years on 30 defendants for their disturbance of public order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters in June, at the first instance-trial yesterday.

Sơn La officials cause VNĐ1.2b loss to State

Three former department officials in Sơn La Province have been accused of wrongly overcompensating a resident during land clearance for a hydropower plant, causing losses of more than VNĐ1.2 billion (US$53,300) to the State.

Safe lane to set at road-railway cross in Đà Nẵng

Đà Nẵng plans to build a 1.2km safe lane for local residents at railroad crossing sites along a section of the north-south railway system from Hòa Cầm flyover bridge to Cầu Đỏ bridge in Cẩm Lệ district, with total investment of VNĐ39 billion (US$1.7 million).

Phú Quốc authority wants to bring ’troublesome’ Russian girl to mainland

Last year, a photograph of a white woman meditating as she sat behind a pot of money on a Phú Quốc Island street caught the attention of Vietnamese Facebook users. Now, local authorities are trying to bring the Russian "begpacker" -- the term for tourists from developed countries who rely on handouts from locals to finance their travels -- to the Russian Consulate in HCM City after she attempted to use a hospital as a hotel room. 

Midnight car crash kills two

A car crash on the Quảng Ninh-Hải Phòng Expressway killed two people and injured another two, police announced on Wednesday.

Gov’t calls for social network ethics code

The Government has urged the Ministry of Information and Communications to build a code of ethics on social networks for internet service providers and users to create a healthy networking atmosphere in the country.

Officials punished for expressway failings

The state-run Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) has suspended the director of the Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Management Board for his failure to ensure the construction quality of the Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Expressway.

Nội Bài Airport to raise capacity

The Ministry of Transport was assigned to draw up an expansion plan in order to raise the annual capacity of Nội Bài International Airport to between 80 and 100 million passengers by 2050.

Appeal trial held for Thái Sơn Corp officials

The Central Military Court yesterday began to hear appeals from Đinh Ngọc Hệ, alias “Út trọc,” and other defendants involved in legal violations at Thái Sơn Corporation under the Ministry of National Defence.

Insect repellent

Some 100,000 bottles of mosquito and insect spray were destroyed when a fire broke out at a science institute in the central city of Quy Nhơn yesterday.

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