Thursday, March 04, 2021, 16:13 GMT+7
The defendants stand their trial at the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on March 3, 2021. Photo: T.M. / Tuoi Tre
A man has been given capital punishment for robbing and murdering his co-worker in Ho Chi Minh City in 2018.
The municipal People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced Nguyen Hoang Phi, 24, who hails from the southern province of Binh Phuoc, to death for murder and robbery.
His accomplices, Nguyen Dien Tai and Tran Van Tu, both 21, each received an 18-year jail term for murder and robbery.
Tai and Tu were under 18 years old when they committed the offenses.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 12:35 GMT+7
Residents in the Mekong Delta head back to Ho Chi Minh City as the Lunar New Year holiday ended on February 16, 2021. Photo: Nhat Thinh / Tuoi Tre
Although the number of people returning to Ho Chi Minh City following the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday declined this year, strict measures were still applied at local bus stations to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Many people rushed back to the southern metropolis on Tuesday as the seven-day Tet holiday, which ran from February 10 to 16, concluded.
To avoid traffic jams, some others had already made their way back to the city a day earlier.
Real estate seeing recovery in 2021 16:18 | 10/02/2021
In 2020 the Vietnamese real estate market, just like across the globe, was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and that remains the case today. There are, however, some bright spots in the market and if the virus is fully controlled, this year should recover and also see stronger liquidity.
According to experts in the country, the real estate market has never experienced difficulties on so many levels simultaneously like last year. On the other hand, the market is gradually adapting to the challenges to hold out and seize opportunities, continuing to charm investors. The aftermath of the pandemic can still become an opportunity to evaluate the capacity of investors while at the same time persuading them to concoct clear long-term investment strategies instead of indulging in short-term brokerage.
Residents of dilapidated Saigon buildings live in limbo
By Ha An February 10, 2021 | 08:29 pm GMT+7
Bedeviled by compensation, title and relocation bottlenecks, thousands live in precarious conditions in crumbling Saigon complexes, not knowing when their lot will improve.
Nguyen Thi Thanh, 54, wears a helmet every time she leaves her house.
She is not preparing for road traffic. She is afraid that chunks of the ceiling along the corridors could fall off any time.
Thanh lives in the Truc Giang residential quarters in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4, a complex built before 1975.
These days, the ceiling along corridors of most blocks has peeled off, revealing rusted, dark brown metal bars. There are cracks everywhere. Electric wires and cables are intricately wound and the electric boxes badly damaged.