Man sentenced to death for trafficking heroin A man has been sentenced to death for trafficking 3.5 kilograms of heroin.

Threat data key to fending off future cyberattacks against banks Amidst the increased use of online banking and e-wallets in the region, partly fuelled by the Covid-19 pandemic, cybersecurity experts are reminding banks and financial services in Southeast Asia to learn from the lessons of previous cyberattacks like the costly US$81 million heist in 2016.

Lottery company leaders face up to 16 years in prison for property embezzlement Leading officials of Đồng Nai Lottery Company in the southern province of Đồng Nai were sentenced up to 16 years in prison for causing losses of nearly VNĐ79 billion (US$3.4 million), the provincial court announced on Monday.

29 involved in Đồng Tâm disturbance prosecuted

All the prosecuted persons are residents of Hoành and Đồng Mít hamlets of Đồng Tâm. Among them, 25 face murder charges while the four others are accused of resisting on-duty officers.

Gruesome “Body-in-concrete” case trial opens in Bình Dương  Bình Dương Province People’s Court on Thursday opened a trial into four people implicated in a shocking “corpse-in-concrete” case which happened in May last year. 

Trust Bank swindle case appeal resumes The HCM City People’s Supreme Court yesterday (June 22) began hearing the second phase of the appeal in the misappropriation case at Đại Tín Bank, or Trust Bank, which caused a loss of VNĐ1.338 trillion (US$57.51 million).  

Man jailed for five years for trafficking rhino horns Nguyễn Văn Phố declared that while working in Angola, he had met a contractor named Anh who offered VNĐ1.2 million (US$51.7) to him to transport a piece of luggage with those objects to Việt Nam.

Sơn La court sentences 12 in exam fraud case

The Sơn La People’s Court on Friday sentenced 12 people to up to  21 years in prison for their involvement in the 2018 national high school exam scandal that rocked the nation.

Criminal proceedings launched against former chief accountant of PVTrans Police have started criminal proceedings against former chief accountant of PetroVietnam Transportation Corporation (PVTrans) for abusing position and power to appropriate properties.

Prison terms proposed for people involved in exam scandal The People’s Procuracy in the northern province of Sơn La has proposed prison term from two to 25 years at the first instance trial of 12 defendants involved in score manipulation in the 2018 national high school examinations.