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A Danang court has sentenced a 45-year-old Vietnamese woman to life imprisonment for murdering her five-year-old son and fraudulently claiming insurance payouts exceeding US$150,000 by staging the death as accidental drowning.
Vietnam has detained four government officials, including a deputy agriculture minister, as part of a sprawling corruption inquiry centred on durian export certifications to China. The case threatens the nation's lucrative agricultural trade.
A sleeper bus travelling from Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City caught fire on National Highway 1 in southern Vietnam early Wednesday, killing seven people. It was the second serious bus accident in Vietnam within days.
Vietnam has arrested three publishing executives and an author over a book about Ho Chi Minh, the Communist Party founder. Authorities say the work distorts revolutionary history. Over 20 news outlets face fines for covering it.
Vietnam has launched a 100-day action plan to accelerate digital transformation across its political system, requiring government agencies to deliver measurable results in ten critical areas by end-November.
Vietnamese police have charged seven suspects in connection with a sprawling film piracy operation that hosted over 26,000 illegal movies across more than 100 websites, generating an estimated VNĐ308 billion in illicit profits through advertising.