Wanted notice issued for former HCM City Finance Department director The Investigation Agency under Ministry of Public Security on Sunday issued a wanted notice for Đào Thị Hương Lan, former director of HCM City Department of Finance.

Man gets eight-year jail term for disrupting security in HCM City

The People’s Court of Hồ Chí Minh City yesterday sentenced a man to eight years in prison for disrupting public security.

Three get death sentence for drug trafficking

Hà Nội People’s Court on Monday sentenced three people to death and one to life imprisonment for drug trafficking by air.

Another charge for Phan Văn Anh Vũ over wastefulness in Đà Nẵng

The Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday that its investigation agency has decided to launch criminal proceedings against Phan Văn Anh Vũ and four others on the charge of violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing loss and wastefulness in the central city of Đà Nẵng.

MIC Party Civil Affairs unit punished

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee has decided to issue a warning as a disciplinary measure against the Party Delegation to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) of the 2011-16 tenure for its violations in the case regarding MobiFone’s purchase of 95 per cent of the shares of AVG Audiovisual JSC.

VN commits to fighting illegal wildlife trade

Many countries and organisations, including Việt Nam, have had strong actions and measures to realise their commitments in the fight against illegal wildlife trade, heard a meeting held in Hà Nội on May 31.

Việt Nam gets strict on wildlife protection

Wildlife protection has become stricter under policies outlined in amendments to the Penal Code that took effect on January 1, said Lieutenant General, Associate Professor Trần Văn Độ, former deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and Chief Justice of the Central Military Court.

SBV says bitcoin prohibited in Việt Nam1

According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the issuance, supplement and use of bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies for legal payment is prohibited in Việt Nam.

Legal inconsistency hinders social insurance debt lawsuit efforts

Transferring the right of suing companies for overdue social insurance payment to workplace-based trade unions has not been as effective as lawmakers had expected.

Gov’t to go easy on some child criminals

The National Assembly Standing Committee was attempting to go against the congressional vote earlier in which juveniles will be fully subject to criminal charges for rape, deliberately injuring people or kidnapping.