• Appeals court affirms jail terms for extortionists 

    26/06/2011 05:00

    Nguyen Thanh Do (standing) and other four gang members at the appeal trial Friday. A Ho Chi Minh City appeals court Friday retained jail terms awarded during the first trial of five members found guilty of extorting money from Japanese...

  • Haima death toll climbs to 19 in Vietnam 

    26/06/2011 05:00

    Floods and heavy rains triggered by the Haima typhoon in the northern region of Vietnam have killed at least 19 people as of Sunday, according to the national floods and storms control agency.   The latest victim was...

  • Marriage brokers for Chinese men get increased jail terms 

    25/06/2011 05:00

    The four defendants during the first trial on March 29, 2011. The Vietnamese supreme court Wednesday  increased jail terms for two women and a man found guilty of illegally providing marriage brokering services for Chinese...

  • Remains of 11 MIA soldiers found in central Vietnam 

    25/06/2011 05:00

    Military officers arrange the remains of 11 soldiers found in Quang Tri Province. Military officers in the central province of Quang Tri on Thursday found a grave with the remains of 11 Vietnamese soldiers killed in the Vietnam War....

  • Stricter fines urged against illegal foreign workers 

    25/06/2011 05:00

    Chinese workers at a construction site of Quang Ninh Thermo-electricity Plant. Fines against violations involving illegal foreign workers in Vietnam should be increased and violating companies should be publicly announced on the media, a...

  • 18 dead, 14 missing in typhoon Haima 

    25/06/2011 05:00

    Typhoon Haima inundates paddy fields in Nam Dinh Province. Eighteen people were killed and 14 others are still missing as tropical storm Haima hit central and northern provinces, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention said Saturday. The...

  • Central Vietnam cops face charges for beating up woman 

    24/06/2011 05:00

    Two police officers in central Vietnam will be prosecuted for "using corporal punishment" on a woman last year, according to the highest prosecutor’s office. Nguyen Dinh Quyet and Tran Ba Tuan, both police investigators of the coastal resort town of...

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