Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy Le Minh Tri has introduced Vietnam’s judicial reform to prosecutors at Japan’s Ministry of Justice, as part of his working visit to the country from October 15 to 20.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception on September 17 for Hungarian Chief Prosecutor Peter Polt who is on a visit to Vietnam to expand cooperation with the country’s Supreme People’s Procuracy.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam (SPPV) and the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) have agreed to cooperate in crime combat through rapid and effective criminal judicial assistance.
President Tran Dai Quang on September 7 handed over decisions on the appointment of Deputy Prosecutor Generals of the Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP).
The People’s Procuracy in Binh Thuan on August 29 approved the launch of legal proceedings against 17 more people concerning the disturbance of public order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters last June.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on August 22 proposed strict penalties for 12 defendants, who are members of a reactionary organisation, for conducting “activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration.”
The High-Level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15 pronounced sentences to former leaders of Navibank, known as National Citizen Bank, on the charge of “intentionally violating State regulations on economic mismanagement, causing serious consequences.”
The People’s Procuracy of Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai, has prosecuted 20 persons for disturbing public order when demonstrating against the draft law on special administrative-economic units last month.
Ensuring the principle of presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings was the topic of a seminar co-hosted by the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the Embassies of Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland (G4) in Hanoi on May 31.
The People’s Court of Hoa Binh city, the northern province of Hoa Binh, on May 7 delayed the first-instance trial on a medical incident causing eight deaths at the kidney dialysis division of the Hoa Binh General Hospital in May last year.
The HCM City People’s Procuracy proposed sentences for defendants charged with “violating regulations on lending in activities of credit institutions” at Dai Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Trust Bank).
A prison term from 18 to 19 years has been proposed for Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), who was accused of wrongdoings in the group’s investment of 800 billion VND (over 35 million USD) into the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank).
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on March 12 proposed jail sentences of 8-15 years for ten former Navibank officials involving in the case of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences” at the bank.
The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on March 7 proposed 12-60 month imprisonment sentences to nine defendants in the Da River water pipeline’s 18 successive ruptures.
The HCM City People’s Procuracy on February 9 proposed life imprisonment for Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former deputy chief of the Risk Management Section of VietinBank’s HCM City branch, for “swindling to appropriate assets.”
Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB, present name CB), said before court that all the money involved in the case of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” in VNCB was used to serve the bank’s operation, not personal purposes.
The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City proposed a 30-year imprisonment sentence to ex-Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) Board of Directors Pham Cong Danh during a trial on Jan. 22
Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), continued denying the “embezzlement of assets” during a trial for him and his accomplices on January 15.
The Hanoi People’s Court has decided to bring Trinh Xuan Thanh and his accomplices to trial involved in “asset embezzlement” case at the PetroVietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land) on January 24.
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