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Three overseas Vietnamese could face drug charges
Lam Mong Chinh and packs of heroin found in her hotel room The Ministry of Public Security said Thursday it was pursuing drug trafficking charges against three overseas Vietnamese from Australia arrested last year. The Supreme Peopleâs Procuracy is considering ratifying charges police investigators have proposed,... Read more
Three overseas Vietnamese could face drug charges
Lam Mong Chinh and packs of heroin found in her hotel room The Ministry of Public Security said Thursday it was pursuing drug trafficking charges against three overseas Vietnamese from Australia arrested last year. The Supreme Peopleâs Procuracy is considering ratifying charges police investigators have proposed,... Read more
Three overseas Vietnamese could face drug charges
Lam Mong Chinh and packs of heroin found in her hotel room The Ministry of Public Security said Thursday it was pursuing drug trafficking charges against three overseas Vietnamese from Australia arrested last year. The Supreme Peopleâs Procuracy is considering ratifying charges police investigators have proposed,... Read more
Vietnamese sailors stuck in Indonesia ask for help
The crew of Vietnamese ship Sail 36, which belongs to Ho Chi Minh City -based Hai Thanh Shipping Co., has written to Thanh Nien seeking help after being detained by Indonesian authorities for more than four months. The ship, which left Vietnam on December 2, 2008, arrived at Indonesiaâs Nabire Port on February 17, 2009 and has been kept there by Indonesian... Read more
Arrested Vietnamese sailors freed in South Africa
A Cape Town court has acquitted the 10 Vietnamese fishermen who were charged with mutiny and kidnapping on a Taiwanese fishing boat off South Africa early last month. The Vietnamese embassy in South Africa said in a statement the men are free and are flying home today.The Vietnamese sailors were arrested in South Africa early last month after police accused... Read more
Vietnamese expats get vastly expanded house ownership rights
Apartment blocks at Phu My Hung New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 7. Certain categories of overseas Vietnamese will have the right from September 1 onwards to buy as many houses as they want under amendments to the Housing Law and Land Law approved by the parliament Thursday. These include those... Read more
Vietnamese expats get vastly expanded house ownership rights
Apartment blocks at Phu My Hung New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 7. Certain categories of overseas Vietnamese will have the right from September 1 onwards to buy as many houses as they want under amendments to the Housing Law and Land Law approved by the parliament Thursday. These include those... Read more
Anchor of charity
Vietnamese expat Leyna Nguyen meets the people she wants to help in Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province in the central region Leyna Nguyen dispenses news and generosity in equal measure. Becoming the first Vietnamese-American newscaster to win two Emmys at the 60th Annual EmmyAwards last September, Leyna Nguyen is a kind... Read more
Decree lists documentation for foreigners to buy houses
A certificate of temporary or permanent residence in Vietnam will be the primary requirement for foreigners who want to buy a house in the country, according to a government decree that takes effect this August. Otherwise, they should have permission from immigration authorities in the country to stay in Vietnam for at least one year, the decree, which is... Read more
Legislators favor lifting of housing limits for Viet Kieu
A housing complex in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 4. Many National Assembly deputies feel every Viet Kieu, or overseas Vietnamese citizen, has the right to own more than one home in Vietnam and deserve rights to their houses that equal that of local residents. The debate continued Tuesday over draft amendments... Read more