Court rejects defendants’ appeals in State assets case

The People’s Court in HCM City on Friday upheld the verdict handed down at the first-instance trial at an appeals trial on “violating regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness”.

Another senior official in jail for quality issues in Đà Nẵng-Quảng Nam expressway project Police on Monday said they have arrested and launched an investigation against a senior leader of the State-owned Việt Nam Expressway Corporation (VEC) for violations in handling a key project in central Việt Nam.

Legal loopholes hinder Việt Nam’s efforts in wildlife protection Despite strengthened law enforcement to protect wildlife, legal loopholes are hindering Việt Nam’s efforts, activists have said.

Eleven face prosecution for exam cheating scandal in Sơn La The Investigation Police Agency in the northern province of Sơn La has concluded another investigation into the exam cheating scandal in the province two years ago.

HCM City’s former leading official jailed The HCM City People’s Court on December 31 sentenced former Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Hữu Tín to seven years in prison for violating regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness under Article 219 of the Penal Code 2015.

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.