Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday urged localities and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to step up inspections of upcoming New Year festival celebrations to ensure the events are held in a solemn and safe manner. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday urged localities and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to step up inspections of upcoming New Year festival celebrations to ensure the events are held in a solemn and safe manner. The ministry must conduct inspections and impose punishments for negative behaviours such as service fee hikes at festivals, he said. In a dispatch sent to ministries, sectors and localities on the first working day of the Lunar New Year, the PM ordered cadres, civil servants and public employees to follow administrative and labour disciplinary practices, especially no delays due to … [Read more...] about PM urges New Year festival inspections
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Former top cop sentenced to 15 years in jail
Phan Văn Anh Vũ (front row) and his accomplices at the court. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn ĐiệpViet Nam News HÀ NỘI – The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Wednesday sentenced Phan Văn Anh Vũ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bắc Nam 79 Construction Company and former Chairman of the Nova Bắc Nam 79 Company, to 15 years in jail for “abusing position and power while performing duties”. Vũ, born in 1975, is a former Senior Lieutenant Colonel and deputy head of a division at the General Department V of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). His accomplices, Nguyễn Hữu Bách (born 1963, former Colonel and deputy head of Department B61 under the General Department V) and Phan Hữu Tuấn (born 1955, former Lieutenant General and Deputy General Director of the General Department V), each received five years imprisonment for the same charge. For the charge of … [Read more...] about Former top cop sentenced to 15 years in jail
Top legislator receives Korean prosecutor general
Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (r) receives Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Hà Nội yesterday.–VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đức HÀ NỘI – Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân hosted a reception for Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Hà Nội yesterday. Việt Nam, RoK agree on trans-national crime prevention and corruption Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) which are both members of United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) must step up crime prevention and work together to make the countries safer. That was the message from Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình who yesterday met with Prosecutor General … [Read more...] about Top legislator receives Korean prosecutor general
Prime Minister hosts Chilean, Canadian ambassadors
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (r) receives Chilean Ambassador Jaime Chomali Garib in Hà Nội on Tuesday. –VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc held separate meetings with the ambassadors of Chile and Canada in Hà Nội on Tuesday. Meeting with Chilean Ambassador Jaime Chomali Garib, the Government leader urged Việt Nam and Chile to promote trade ties as they had substantial potential for collaboration in this field. Ministries, agencies and businesses from the two countries should study each other’s markets, he suggested. Talking about Chile’s hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-Operation (APEC) forum in 2019, PM Phúc pledged that Việt Nam would actively support the country in organising the event and asked Chile to arrange bilateral meetings on the occasion of the forum. Việt Nam wanted to maintain the … [Read more...] about Prime Minister hosts Chilean, Canadian ambassadors
Former public security officers brought to trial in Hà Nội
Five former officers of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) were brought to trial in Hà Nội yesterday for alleged public property-related crimes in Đà Nẵng City and Hồ Chí Minh City.— VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Five former officers of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) were brought to trial in Hà Nội yesterday for alleged public property-related crimes in Đà Nẵng City and Hồ Chí Minh City. … [Read more...] about Former public security officers brought to trial in Hà Nội