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The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on July 31 opened a trial for the case of “disturbing security” with eight people involved.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 24 praised the performance of the People’s Procuracy over the six decades since it was established, with it contributing to ensuring political security, social order and safety, socio-economic development, and the right of citizens to democracy.

The investigation police agency under the Ministry of Public Security on July 21 officially launched legal procedures against three persons and put them into temporary detention for appropriating state secret documents, an official of the ministry said on July 22.

The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on June 25 prosecuted 29 people for killing three policemen in Dong Tam commune of the city’s My Duc district.

The HCM City People’s Procuracy has launched criminal proceedings against two Taiwanese drug traffickers.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on May 27 issued a decision for the prosecution of a Taiwanese national for “trafficking drugs”, in line with Article 250 of the 2015 Criminal Code.

The Hanoi People’s Court on April 28 sentenced former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank) Ha Van Tham to 10 years in prison for “breaching accounting regulations and causing serious consequences”.

The People’s Procuracy has determined that former Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son played the leading role in a case involving the MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation’s purchase of a 95 percent stake in the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG), an appeal trial in Hanoi on April 24 heard. ​

Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Le Minh Tri held talks with his Lao counterpart Khamsan Souvong in Vientiane on January 8, as part of the Vietnamese delegation’s ongoing working visit to Laos.

Top Lao leaders on January 7 applauded the effective cooperation between the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam and its Lao counterpart over the past time.

Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, has lauded contributions of the people’s procuracy sector in the fight against corruption.

The second meeting of people’s procuracies of Vietnam-China border provinces took place in Quang Ninh.

Former Deputy Minister of National Defence and former Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy Nguyen Van Hien is being investigated for “lack of responsibility, causing serious consequences” in accordance with Clause 3, Article 360 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The High-level People’s Court in Hanoi on October 10 started hearing appeals of defendants in the case related to “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on September 26 proposed jail sentences of 3-20 years for 12 defendants in a fake cancer drug trading case at the Vietnam Pharma JSC (VN Pharma).

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on September 13 issued a document on the prosecution against former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Huu Tin and his accomplices for their wrongdoings in the management and use of State assets.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has proposed the People’s Procuracy to lodge prosecution against 21 people involved in the high-profile corruption case relating to Phan Van Anh Vu (alias “Vu Nhom”), the agency said on September 4.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has asked the Supreme People’s Procuracy to prosecute two suspects for “swindling to appropriate assets” in the high-profile case concerning Phan Van Anh Vu, former chairman of Bac Nam 79 Construction Joint Stock Company.

The 14th National Assembly passed a resolution approving Vietnam’s accession to Convention 98 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and another on the establishment of a thematic supervision delegation of the NA in 2020.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has completed the indictment to prosecute Le Quang Thung, former General Director of the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), for the charge of deliberately acting against the State's regulations on economic management and causing serious consequences under Article 165 of the Criminal Code 1999.