Vimedimex chairwoman prosecuted over land auction irregularities
HCMC – Nguyen Thi Loan, board chairwoman of Vimedimex Medi-Pharma JSC, has been prosecuted on January 17 for illegally lowering the value of a 50,000-square-meter land plot in the land auction, according to the local media. The Hanoi People’s Procuracy pressed charges against Loan over her alleged
Warning issued against former Govt Office chief
HCMC – The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee has issued a warning against Mai Tien Dung, former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office, over his serious violations. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a Secretariat meeting today, January 13, to look into the
Vietnam Register chief detained on bribe-taking allegations
HCMC – The police of HCMC said yesterday, January 11, that they had detained the head of Vietnam Register, Dang Viet Ha, on alleged charges of taking bribes. Speaking at a news briefing, Tran Thi Kim Ly, chief of the Office of the Investigative Division at the HCMC Police Department, said HCMC
PM urges Covid vigilance as new variants emerge
HCMC – The prime minister has ordered cities, provinces and relevant departments to stay vigilant against Covid-19, especially at border gates, as new variants of the coronavirus have emerged. People entering the country from nations and territories hit by new and dangerous Covid variants should
New Omicron subvariant detected in HCMC, Tay Ninh
HCMC – XBB, a new Omicron subvariant, has been found in HCMC and neighboring Tay Ninh Province. The situation might turn complicated in the coming time, as the loosening of Covid-19 measures in many countries could lead to a spike in infections, and the virus might continue to evolve, said the
Three Vietnam Register officials charged with bribe taking
HCMC – Investigators at the HCMC Police Department yesterday, January 5, pressed charges against three officials at Vietnam Register’s Motor Vehicle Inspection Department over allegations that they had received bribes. The three suspects are Tran Anh Quan, 60, acting head of the Motor Vehicle
AIC former chairwoman faces jail term of 30 years
HCMC – The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on December 24 proposed sentencing Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, former chairwoman of Advanced International JSC (AIC), to 30 years behind bars for her alleged violations in a scandal of bribery and bidding at the Dong Nai General Hospital project and AIC. At the
Hanoi vice chair detained over Covid repatriation flights
HCMC – Ministry of Public Security (MPS) investigators have detained Chu Xuan Dung, vice chairman of the Hanoi City People’s Committee, on alleged charges of taking bribes in the Covid-19 repatriation flights case. Lieutenant General To An Xo, office chief and spokesperson of the MPS, told the
Foreign minister, other ministry officials face discipline over Covid repatriation flights
HCMC – The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has requested the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee to consider disciplinary measures against Party Central Committee member, Secretary of the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Foreign Ministry and Foreign
Assistant to deputy PM expelled from Party
HCMC – Nguyen Van Trinh, assistant to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, has been expelled from the Party due to degradation of morality and lifestyle, bribe taking, and violations of regulations and of the don’ts for Party members. Trinh’s expulsion from the Party came after Party General
Binh Thuan Province vice chair arrested over alleged land violations
HCMC – Irregularities in the allocation of three land lots have led to a vice chairman of Binh Thuan Province and six others being detained. Ministry of Public Security (MPS) investigators yesterday, December 13, prosecutors from the Supreme People’s Procuracy and local law enforcement jointly
Former deputy health minister stands trial
HCMC – The Hanoi People’s Court started the trial for former Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang and eight other defendants for their alleged responsility for irregularities in the procurement of materials to produce antivirals of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The trial is expected to last