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A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upholds the death penalty for real estate tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan after Lan was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion through the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank.
2024-12-3

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health issues a conditional approval of the Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the country.
2021-09-10

Vietnam reports a record 6,194 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 74,371.
2021-07-22

Vietnam reports a record 1,953 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 29,816.
2021-07-11

The National Assembly elects Võ Thị Ánh Xuân as Vietnam's 15th Vice President, with 93.1% of the vote. She is the sixth consecutive woman to hold the post.
2021-04-6

Vietnam repatriates 219 of its citizen from Equatorial Guinea with at least 120 of them reported to be COVID-19 infectees.
2020-07-29

It is suspected that six of the victims are Vietnamese nationals. The family of one of them, a 19-year-old woman, made public her last text message to her parents which she sent while dying.
2019-10-25

Vietnam says a Chinese vessel rammed into and sank one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea. More than 20 Vietnamese fishing boats have been attacked by Chinese vessels this year causing tensions between both countries.
2015-10-15

The Australian Federal Police charges six senior executives, all former employees of two companies owned by the Reserve Bank of Australia, Securency and Note Printing Australia, in relation to alleged bribery of officials in Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia.
2011-07-1

Vietnam unveils a five year plan to tackle widespread prostitution in the country.
2011-05-13