Death sentences given to three drug traffickers
The Hanoi People’s Court on March 18 sentenced three people to death and one to life imprisonment for drug trafficking by air.
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The Hanoi People’s Court on March 18 sentenced three people to death and one to life imprisonment for drug trafficking by air.
The High-Level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on March 18 upheld imprisonment penalties given to five defendants for “attempting to overthrow the people’s administration”.
The Hanoi-based High-Level People’s Court has decided to reduce the imprisonment penalties for 13 defendants that were involved in an online gambling ring, considered the biggest of its kind uncovered in Vietnam so far.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Import – Export Department has recently warned of the increase in trade fraud through labeling products as “Made-in-Vietnam”.
Customs forces in the northern city of Hai Phong discovered nearly 1.4 tonnes of pangolin scales and 10 elephant tusks weighing more than 100kg hidden inside a container shipped from Nigeria.
The People’s Court of Hanoi on January 30 sentenced Phan Van Anh Vu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bac Nam 79 Construction Company and former Chairman of the Nova Bac Nam 79 Company, to 15 years in jail for “abusing position and power while performing duties” under Article 356 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia visited several Vietnamese women imprisoned in Selangor state on January 29.
Procurators on January 29 proposed imprisonment sentences ranging from 30 months to 15 years to five former officers of the Ministry of Public Security for their public property-related wrongdoings in Da Nang city and Ho Chi Minh City.
Four former executives of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR) on January 22 were sentenced to four to eight years in prison for charges of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”, following a two-day trial.
The Hanoi People’s Court pronounced the death penalty for two defendants charged with the illegal transportation of drugs at the first instance trial on January 10.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has assigned the Ministries of Public Security, National Defence, Finance, and Industry and Trade to intensify preventive measures and strictly handle the illegal smuggling and transportation of wild animals and plants.
The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi city has completed the indictment to prosecute Nguyen Huu Tien, born in 1983, residing in Thuong Tin district, for the charge of violating regulations on the protection of endangered and rare animals under Article 244 the Criminal Code 2015.
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The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security said on December 27 that it has started criminal proceedings against 10 defendants, including former General Director of the Dong A Bank (DAB) Tran Phuong Binh and former DAB Deputy General Director Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van.
The High-Level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25 upheld the prison sentences given by the municipal People’s Court to 12 defendants involved in the losses of over 6 trillion VND (258 million USD) at the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB).
Former Director General of the Dong A Bank Tran Phuong Binh was sentenced to life in prison by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on December 20 in the trial of 26 defendants who were involved in the loss of over 3.6 trillion VND (153.47 million USD) at the bank.
The high-level court in Ho Chi Minh City on December 10 reduced sentences for former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh and two other defendants involved in the losses of over 15 trillion VND (645.8 million USD) at the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB).
Four days into the first instance trial, the People’s Court in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre gave Malaysian national Chong Ngai Fong and his six accomplices a total of 48 years in prison for their fraudulent activities using fake ATM cards.
