Wednesday, May 05, 2021, 09:00 GMT+7
A border guard is pictured in An Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Chi Cong / Tuoi Tre
Here are today’s leading news stories:
COVID-19 Updates Vietnam reported zero coronavirus infections on Wednesday morning, with the national tally standing at 2,996 and recoveries reaching 2,560, the Ministry of Health said. A 25-year-old Vietnamese employee of a hotel in the central city of Da Nang tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday night after having direct contact with an infected colleague. A doctor who works in the emergency care ward of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi was confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.
Former Hanoi chairman jailed five years for appropriating classified documents
By Pham Du December 11, 2020 | 02:38 pm GMT+7
Nguyen Duc Chung attends a meeting as Hanoi chairman. Photo by Vietnam News Agency.
Former Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has been sentenced to five years in jail for masterminding the appropriation of classified documents.
The appropriation took place in a case involving smuggling and money laundering allegations against tech company Nhat Cuong, which is still under investigation.
In a closed trial held Friday, the Hanoi People s Court found Chung, 53, guilty of the charge of appropriating classified documents, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in jail under Vietnam s Penal Code.