Smuggling via air routes on the rise

Customs officers handled 353 cases of goods being illegally transported by air in the first six months of 2016, worth more than VNĐ14 billion (US$627,000) in total, officials said.

HCM City police arrest swindlers

Police in HCM City have arrested two men for using fake bank accounts to cheat several customers, earning hundreds of millions of đồng.

 

Rare animals rescued in Hà Nội

Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV), together with the Hà Nội Environmental Police Department, rescued 40 wild animals being transported from northern Lạng Sơn to the city for consumption.

Police break up online soccer betting rings

Police in the northern city of Hải Phòng and province of Hải Dương have broken up two online soccer betting and gambling rings responsible for betting of nearly VNĐ7.6 trillion (US$340 million), according to the Ministry of Public Security’s High-tech Crime Prevention Police Department.

National Press Awards for 92 works

Ninety two outstanding works by journalists throughout the country, winners of the National Press Awards 2015, will be given prizes on the 91st Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21) – falling next Tuesday.

Stopping child labour is priority

Child labour still exists in Việt Nam, especially in the informal economic sector, despite significant efforts to combat the scourge, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doãn Mậu Diệp said in a workshop in Hà Nội yesterday.

Pilot of missing military aircraft found

The pilot of the military aircraft that went missing during a training flight off the coast of the central province of Nghệ An yesterday was rescued at 5am this morning.

Highways to use more tech

The Transport Ministry is promoting the application of technology in an effort to better manage highways, a ministry’s official said.

Korea helping to clear wartime bombs

The Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) and the Ministry of National Defence signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday for a project to clear unexploded ordnances (UXO) from the war in Việt Nam’s central provinces.

 

Deadly Fall

Rescuers yesterday afternoon found bodies of two men who died from suffocation when being stuck in 24-metre-deep drilled well in Ea Nuôl Commune, Buôn Đôn District, Central Highland province of Đắk Lắk.

Airport construction speeds up

The provincial authority of Bình Thuận has sped up works on site clearance of the project to build Phan Thiết Airport, which is aimed to create favourable conditions for socio-economic of the southern province in the Central region of Việt Nam.

Bus company slams bank

 A popular passenger bus company in HCM City has complained that a bank that has filed a lawsuit against the firm has made misleading statements about the total amount owed, damaging its reputation.

 

Customs officials get jail time

The People’s Court of the Mekong Delta province of Kiên Giang yesterday sentenced 10 customs officials to between 2-6 years in prison each for the misappropriation of tax funds.

MoT requires creation of hot lines for waterway transport

Minister of Transport Trương Quang Nghĩa has asked transport departments in cities and provinces to set up hot lines at domestic ports, wharfs, as well as on boats and ships, to allow the public to submit complaints and other information.

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