Friday, April 30, 2021, 18:06 GMT+7
Vietnam’s former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang during his trial at the Hanoi People’s Court on April 24, 2021. Photo: Danh Trong / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam’s former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for violations in state asset management.
The Hanoi People’s Court on Thursday gave Hoang the 11-year jail term for “violating regulations on the management and use of state assets, causing losses and wastefulness.”
The 67-year-old former official failed to attend the trial due to health problems.
Phan Chi Dung, former head of the Light Industry Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, was sentenced to nine years in jail for the same offense.
A
flag-raising ceremony is solemnly held by the central province of Quang Tri on April 30 to mark the 46th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and
Quang Tri (VNA) – A flag-raising ceremony was solemnly
held by the central province of Quang Tri at the
Hien Luong – Ben Hai special
national monument on April 30 to mark the 46th anniversary
of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.
At 7:00am, the national flag was raised to the peak of the
monument as the national anthem was being played.
This year, the ceremony was scaled down due to fears over COVID-19
Friday, April 30, 2021, 09:00 GMT+7
Traffic congestion occurs on the Binh Trieu 2 Bridge in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, April 29, 2021. Photo: Duc Phu / Tuoi Tre
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COVID-19 Updates Vietnam recorded three local cases of COVID-19 in Hanoi and northern Hung Yen Province and one imported infection on Friday morning, raising the national tally to 2,914 patients with 2,516 recoveries and 35 virus-related deaths. All karaoke parlors, bars, and discotheques in Hanoi have suspended operations from 0:00 on Friday in the city’s latest COVID-19 response. The Vietnamese government on Thursday ordered preparations for the scenario of 30,000 COVID-19 infections in the country as local travel demand is set to increase during the four-day public holiday from Friday to May 2 to celebrate Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1).
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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 29
Xinhua
30 Apr 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
MOSCOW The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had detained 16 supporters of the Ukrainian radical youth group M.K.U. for their involvement in crimes, extremist propaganda and preparation of terror attacks. They were detained in several Russian cities, and law enforcers seized weapons, manuals for manufacturing weapons, and materials on committed and planned terrorist activities, the FSB said in a statement. (Russia-Ukraine-Radical group) - - - - WASHINGTON The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday.