• Huynh Ngoc Si gets 3-year sentence

    Huynh Ngoc Si gets 3-year sentence

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Judges claim that Huynh Ngoc Sis’ actions in the PCI/East West scandal were “dangerous” but “contribution to society” prevents a heavier sentence. From the left: Le Qua and Huynh Ngoc Si at the court. Meanwhile Si’s deputy, who enjoyed similar...

  • Downpours kill five and injure nine in central region

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Downpours and whirlwinds in the last two days in the central province of Nghe An have caused floods, killing five and injuring nine residents. A flooded street in Vinh City, Nghe An province. The local Steering Board for Flood and Storm Control...

  • Charity, health officers could face jail terms in adoption scam

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Tran Thi Luong and her co-defendants at the Nam Dinh People’s Court Prosecutors sought jail terms of up to five and a half years for health and charity officers on trial Friday for their involvement in an adoption scam...

  • Korean gets death sentence for murdering Vietnamese lover

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Kim Ki Jong (L) being escorted during his first trial heard at Hanoi People’s Court in January. A South Korean was sentenced to death in Hanoi Friday for killing his Vietnamese lover, a college student, and burning her...

  • HCMC sea police seek criminal charges in bridge collision

    24/09/2009 05:00

    The Union of the Comoros-flagged ship Lady Belinda sank in the Soai Rap River Monday after crashing into a bridge Ho Chi Minh City’s Sea Traffic Police Department has recommended pressing criminal charges against those...

  • Former official gets three years in Japanese graft case

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Huynh Ngoc Si, former head of the East-West Highway and Water Environment project, was sentenced to three years in prison The former head of Ho Chi Minh City’s largest infrastructure development was sentenced to three...

  • Three killed, one missing as tour boat sinks in northern sea

    24/09/2009 05:00

    Three boat passengers were killed Thursday and one was still missing as of Friday after heavy winds sunk a tourist boat on Vietnam’s picturesque Hạ Long Bay of Quang Ninh Province. Rescuers found...

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