Hà Nội to issue tough fines for COVID-19 rule violators Those who violate COVID-19 prevention rules could face up to 12 years behind bars, according to a new regulation issued by the Hà Nội’s authorities.

Former transport minister sentenced to 10 years in prison over expressway fraud The HCM City People’s Court on Tuesday sentenced former Minister of Transport Đinh La Thăng 10 years in prison for violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing waste and losses at the HCM City-Trung Lương Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Việt Nam.

Four guilty over deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants

After a 10-week trial at the Old Bailey in London, Romanian ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, and lorry driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, from Northern Ireland, were found guilty on Monday of 39 counts of manslaughter.

Court increases sentence for former business executive for cheating bank

The HCM City appeal court increased the prison sentence given to Dương Thanh Cường, former general director of Bình Phát Company and chairman of the Thành Phát Company, for “fraud and appropriation of property” from 16 to 18 years at a trial yesterday (Dec 14).

Former leader of Hà Nội sentenced to five years in prison for stealing State secrets

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Friday sentenced Nguyễn Đức Chung, 53, former Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, to five years in prison on charges of “appropriating confidential State documents”.

Tour tells moving stories about Vietnamese female revolutionaries A new tour of exploring Hỏa Lò Prison has been launched every weekend since October to honour revolutionary female soldiers whose sacrifice contributed to the overall victory of the national revolution.

HCM City police station bomber gets 24 years in jail for trying to ‘overthrow Government’ The HCM City People’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a man who masterminded the Tân Bình District police station bombing to 24 years in prison for “carrying out terrorist activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” and “illegal manufacturing, possession and trading of explosives.”

Trial of father-son duo, henchmen begins for sedition, bombing police station

The trial of Nguyễn Khanh, his son Nguyễn Tấn Thành and 18 others for “carrying out terrorist activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration” began at the HCM City People’s Court yesterday (Sept 21).

Đồng Tâm people work together to build new countryside

More than eight months after the incident that left four people dead, Đồng Tâm Commune, Mỹ Đức District in Hà Nội is changing day by day. 

Two sentenced to death in Đồng Tâm trial

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Monday announced death sentences for Lê Đình Chức and Lê Đình Công, who were the masterminds and led the resistance in Đồng Tâm Commune, Mỹ Đức District, resulting in the death of three policemen in January 2020.