Life

Australian citizen receives life sentence over death (24-08-2005) HA NOI — Australian citizen Tran Van Thanh, 40, has been reprieved from execution by President Tran Duc Luong. Instead, he will serve life in jail. Thanh, who lived in Sydney, was arrested on June 30, 2003 and sentenced to death by the HCM City People’s Court for trafficking heroin on November 5, last year. His appeal to the HCM City People’s Supreme Court on March 21, this year failed. The President’s clemency was made based on Viet Nam’s tradition of humanity, the fine relationship between the Australia and Viet Nam and Thanh’s plea for mercy, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung told reporters yesterday. — VNS … [Read more...] about Australian citizen receives life sentence over death

Exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s life opens (18-05-2006) Many young generations repeatedly visits Ho Chi Minh Museum in Ha Noi on the occasion of the President’s birthday. — VNS Photo Doan Tung HA NOI — An new exhibition explores Ho Chi Minh’s life in time to celebrate the late President’s 116th birthday on May 19. Titled "Studying and following the thought and moral example of Ho Chi Minh", the show features nearly 200 images and artefacts, including autographs of President Ho Chi Minh. The exhibition, already open at the Ho Chi Minh Museum, covers three major themes, and examines the President’s opinion on revolutionary morals, the President’s moral examples, and the determination of the entire Party, people and military to study and follow the President’s thought. Part of a series of activities to mark President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday nation-wide, a French photographer exhibits nearly 120 of her photos of relic sites relating to the late … [Read more...] about Exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s life opens

Con artists get life in prison (26-10-2006) HA NOI — A Taiwanese and a Vietnamese, found guilty of fraud, were sentenced to life in prison yesterday by the Ha Noi People’s Court after a two-day trial. The Vietnamese wife of Taiwanese passport holder Yen Ji Sheng also received a 10-year jail sentence. The three were also ordered to pay compensation of over VND4 billion (US$250,000) to their victims. Yen arrived in Viet Nam in 1990 and married here in 1996. The couple lived in a rented house in Ha Noi. Yen cheated Vietnamese businessmen by creating fake documents on his computer to suggest that he held large sums of money in overseas banks. In order to borrow from him, the Vietnamese enterprises had to pay him money transfer and loan disbursement fees. The other accused, Nguyen Tien Tranh, was the former director of Thanh Binh Investment and Import-Export Joint Stock Co, and he also participated in Yen’s fraud. Five local companies signed financial … [Read more...] about Con artists get life in prison

VNA celebrates life of former Party leader with biography (06-04-2007) National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong and other visitors view pictures at the exhibition of Le Duan-Life and Career. — VNA/VNS Photo Trong Duc HA NOI — The Vietnam News Agency’s Publishing House has released a bilingual picture book on former Party General Secretary Le Duan (1907-1986) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth on Saturday. The book, with 211 pages and 350 photos, features images of his life and role in Viet Nam’s revolution. The first part is of the book is a biography of his life, followed by a section on his homeland and family, while the third and fourth parts describe the 60 years he devoted to Viet Nam’s freedom. — VNS … [Read more...] about VNA celebrates life of former Party leader with biography

Vietnamese in Cambodia lauded for overcoming life’s hardships (28-04-2007) National Assembly chairman Nguyen Phu Trong visits the National Museum of Cambodia. — VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung PHNOM PENH — National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday hailed Vietnamese living in Cambodia for their efforts to overcome difficulties while being abroad. Trong made the comments while meeting with Viet kieu (Overseas Vietnamese) in Phnom Penh during an official trip to Cambodia. The NA chairman said he sympathised with Viet kieu who faced difficulties while working to advance the homeland. He affirmed the Party and State’s responsibility to the Vietnamese community living abroad, including Viet kieu in Cambodia. Trong said he appreciated the Cambodian Viet kieu’s great attention to the country’s situation. He also updated the meeting’s participants on the latest developments in Viet Nam, including preparations for the 12th National Assembly election … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Cambodia lauded for overcoming life’s hardships

Former National Assembly member Châu Thị Thu Nga was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for swindling and illegal asset appropriation. —  Photo soha.vn HÀ NỘI — Former National Assembly member Châu Thị Thu Nga was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for swindling and illegal asset appropriation. Nga was former Chairwoman and General Director of the Land and Housing Construction and Investment JSC (Housing Group). The Hà Nội Supreme People’s Court also handed down jail terms of six years, four years, 30 months and 24 months respectively to four former general directors of Housing Group: Nguyễn Trường Sơn, Lê Hồng Cương, Nguyễn Vũ Hùng and Phan Thanh Tuyên. Other people sentenced in the case included two former directors of Housing Group’s real estate trading company, Nguyễn Thị Tình and Lưu Thị Thúy, who will be imprisoned for seven and three years respectively. Former chief accountants of the Housing Group, Phạm Thị Thu Hạnh and Đinh Phúc … [Read more...] about Ex NA deputy gets life for mega swindle