Posts Tagged ‘ The Supreme People ’

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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Court upholds seven-year jail term for Cu Huy Ha Vu 

August 5, 2011
Court upholds seven-year jail term for Cu Huy Ha Vu 

Cu Huy Ha Vu stands trial on August 2, 2011. The Supreme People’s Court upheld the seven-year jail term for Cu Huy Ha Vu for distributing propaganda against the State in an appeals trial Tuesday. Vu, 54, will also be put under house arrest for three years after serving the seven-year sentence, the court ruled. [...]

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Vietnam’s Prime Minister re-elected to second term 

July 30, 2011
Vietnam’s Prime Minister re-elected to second term 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, was re-elected, Tuesday, to another term after winning 94 percent of the vote at an ongoing National Assembly session.   The 62-year-old from the Mekong Delta’s Ca Mau Province served as a member of the Party Central Committee for five consecutive terms.  Dung also sat on the Politburo and served [...]

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Vietnam elects new President; PM nominated for another term 

July 26, 2011
Vietnam elects new President; PM nominated for another term 

Truong Tan Sang was Monday voted ninth State President by the 13rd National Assembly. Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party’s Central Committee, was Monday elected State President by the 13rd National Assembly, winning 97.4 percent of votes from NA deputies. Sang, 62, who was nominated by the [...]

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Party officials of health ministry, court censured by inspectors

December 19, 2009

Communist Party inspectors have detected several shortcomings in management at the party units of the Ministry of Health and the Supreme People’s Court, according to an announcement made Friday. The party’s Inspection Commission criticized party officials at the Health Ministry for poor financial and human resource management and delays in the implementation of the Law [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 24/11

November 24, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 24/11

 Vietnam seeks continued assistance from WB; President receives Chinese procurator-general; Phu Tho needs to focus on human resources training: PM Vietnam wants to receive more assistance from the World Bank in training, communications and institutional capacity building, says Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.While receiving WB Country Director for Vietnam, Victoria Kwakwa, in Hanoi on [...]

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Security minister says officials dodge graft punishment easily

November 6, 2009

Officials under investigation for graft and corruption are evading penalties all too easily, the minister of Public Security told a National Assembly meeting on Thursday. Minister Le Hong Anh said many people under corruption investigations are state officials “who have the positions and knowledge to deal with investigative agencies.”Anh said evidence of graft was hard [...]

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NA committee to consider clutch of new laws

September 9, 2009
NA committee to consider clutch of new laws

A session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.LookAtVietnam – Debates on proposed new laws will top the agenda as the National Assembly Standing Committee meets in Hanoi for a 10-day session starting September 9. It will discuss Bills on Housing and Land Tax, Natural Resource Tax, Food Safety, Energy Efficiency, Enforcement of Criminal Verdicts, Disabled People, [...]

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Former U.S. president Clinton arrives in DPRK

August 4, 2009
Former U.S. president Clinton arrives in DPRK

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Tuesday. Visiting former U.S. President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Pyongyang, capital of the [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 2/8

August 2, 2009
POLITICS IN BRIEF 2/8

Vietnam attends bi-continental political conference; Party emphasizes boosting investment in mountainous regions; Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen trade union cooperation; Vietnamese, Chinese procurators talk cooperation Australian lieutenant general to visit Vietnam tomorrow      The Australian Vice Chief of Defense Force (VCDF), Lieutenant General David Hurley will visit Vietnam from August 2-6, the Australian Embassy in Hanoi said [...]

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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...