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Further probe ordered for Vietnam journalist murder again 

January 19, 2012
Further probe ordered for Vietnam journalist murder again 

  A court in southern Vietnam on Wednesday asked local police to investigate further the murder of a journalist which has drawn a great deal of public and media attention over the past year. Le Quang Hung, deputy chief of Long An Province’s People’s Court said in VnExpress that they would not hold a hearing to [...]

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Court secretary arrested for taking bribes 

January 19, 2012
Court secretary arrested for taking bribes 

  Police in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai said a secretary in a local court has been detained  for allegedly taking bribes to help a defendant in an attack case receive a shorter jail term. Tu Ngoc Cuong was caught red-handed receiving VND15 million (US$720) from Pham Thi Diu, 25, at a local café on Monday, [...]

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Three in headline-grabbing rape case ordered back to jail 

January 18, 2012
Three in headline-grabbing rape case ordered back to jail 

Nguyen Dinh Loi (R) and Nguyen Dinh Kien. Three men from northern Vietnam, convicted of rape and robbery ten years ago and released early 2010 , will have to continue their jail terms, according to a Hanoi People’s Court decision sent to them on Monday. The decision, signed on January 12, noted that they would [...]

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Hanoi hospital hands baby to wrong mother 

January 12, 2012
Hanoi hospital hands baby to wrong mother 

Tran Thi Thuy's baby with his grandma at home after a baby delivery mistake at Hanoi Ob-Gyn Hospital was cleared   Hanoi Ob-Gyn Hospital on Saturday gave the wrong baby to a mother several hours after her delivery. Nurses at the hospital gave the baby of Tran Thi Thuy, tagged with the number 550, to Le [...]

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7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

January 9, 2012
7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]

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Lethal injection a relief for executioners in Vietnam 

December 21, 2011
Lethal injection a relief for executioners in Vietnam 

   The last stake at the Chieng Mung Execution Grounds in the northern province of Son La At least one senior Party official and several police officials feel Vietnam should eventually do away with the death penalty, but for now, would-be executioners are relieved that a new law has chosen what they call a more [...]

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Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal 

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a local tire factory where he worked. Police in Binh Duong Province have said they are responsible for managing their officials [...]

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Patient with no kidney put on dialysis  

December 19, 2011
Patient with no kidney put on dialysis  

Hua Cam Tu, a 37-year-old woman who had both her kidneys removed by doctors without her permission, is being treated at the Can Tho General Hospital. A Mekong Delta hospital said Thursday it would provide free dialysis treatment to a patient whose health is getting worse after doctors removed both two kidneys without her consent, the Nguoi [...]

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Newspaper calls for fresh probe into journalist’s murder 

December 6, 2011
Newspaper calls for fresh probe into journalist’s murder 

Tran Thuy Lieu (L), the wife of reporter Le Hoang Hung, and her daughter, at his funeral. The newspaper Hung used to work for said it suspects Hung’s wife is not the only culprit in his death. A Vietnamese newspaper has asked the nation’s supreme court, prosecutors and police to launch fresh investigations into the murder [...]

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Family wants trial delayed in reporter’s murder 

November 19, 2011
Family wants trial delayed in reporter’s murder 

Tran Thuy Lieu, 40, is expected to stand trial this December in the southern province of Long An for killing her husband, a former reporter. The family of a journalist who was allegedly killed by his wife in the southern province of Long An has asked a local court to delay the wife’s trial and [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...