VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 11
11/01/2021 10:30 GMT+7
Many northern schools temporarily close due to strong cold spell
Hundreds of schools in the northern region have allowed students to stay at home amid the freezing cold weather when a new strong cold spell has pushed temperature down to below 10 degree C and even under 0 degree C.
Lai Chau alone saw 132 schools close, most in mountainous areas.
The cold spell has brought rain and dropping temperature, and caused frost and snow in high mountain areas. The most affected provinces include Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Son La, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Yen Bai, and Lang Son, with temperatures dropping even below 0 degree C in high mountainous areas.
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The 12 defendants include
Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam); Trinh Xuan Thanh, former
Chairman and General Director of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC); Vu Thanh
Ha, former General Director of the PetroVietnam Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC
(PVB); and Do Van Hong, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director
of the Kinh Bac Petroleum Construction and Investment JSC.
Thanh is prosecuted for violating State regulations on
investment in construction works, causing severe consequences under Article 224, clause 3 of the 2015 Penal Code, and for abusing position
and power while performing duties under Article 356, clause 3 of the 2015 Penal Code. Meanwhile, Hong is charged for abusing
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HCMC court hits former minister with 10 years over expressway fraud
Wed, 23 December 2020
The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Court on December 22 sentenced former Vietnamese transport minister Dinh La Thang to 10 years in prison for violating regulations on the management and use of state assets, causing waste and losses at the HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Vietnam.
The case involved 20 defendants, including Thang, who served as Minister of Transport between August 2011 and February 2016; and Nguyen Hong Truong, who was Deputy Minister of Transport from April 2007 to August 2017.
Both Thang and Truong were found guilty of “violating regulations on the management and use of state assets, causing waste and losses”, under Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code.
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