Deputy PM Trương Hòa Bình meets with Lao leaders

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình paid courtesy calls to General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President Bounnhang Vorachith and Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on Wednesday, as part of his working visit to Laos.

Wanted man arrested when serving as law official They say judge not lest ye be judged, but what about a suspected criminal judging themselves? It almost happened in northern Viet Nam.

Quảng Nam to close Bồng Miêu gold mine The central province of Quảng Nam will allocate VNĐ12.6 billion (US$547,800) from the provincial budget to close the Bồng Miêu gold mine.

Two people in Đồng Nai jailed for posting anti-State information According to the indictment, Tâm and Nga, opened multiple Facebook accounts to post anti-State information.

Court of hydropower plant rejects defendants’ appeal The appeal on violations at Sơn La Hydro-power Plant in Mường La District of Sơn La Province closed on Thursday

Five on death row for drug trafficking Three separate courts on Thursday handed death penalties to five people and life sentences to another seven who were found guilty of dealing drugs.

Mother of murdered girl in Điện Biên jailed for 20 years A mother in Điện Biên Province has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her connection to a drugs ring which led to her daughter being kidnapped, repeatedly raped and killed during the 2019 lunar new year holiday.

Death penalty, life sentence for drug dealers The People’s Court of the northern province of Lạng Sơn handed out 11 death penalties and one life sentence to members of a heroin trafficking ring on Tuesday.

Man jailed for nine years for defaming Government A man from Thanh Hóa was sentenced to nine years behind bars for spreading false information defaming the Vietnamese Government on Tuesday.

Man in Bạc Liêu jailed for spreading anti-State propaganda The People’s Court of the southern province of Bạc Liêu on Tuesday sentenced a 38-year-old man to six years in jail and two years under mandatory supervision for “making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Việt Nam.”