One of the suspects and drugs seized (Photo: bienphong.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Competent forces have seized four suspects and nearly 350kg of drugs
that were being transported from Laos to China through
One suspect was
apprehended and 227.5kg of
drugs seized in Quynh Thien commune, Hoang Mai town,
in the province of Nghe An, bordering Laos, on April 3.
Three others
were arrested on January 21 and March 20 in the province’s Thanh Chuong
district, together with 115kg of
crystal meth, 17,600 meth pills, two motor cars,
and one motorbike.
Competent
agencies are completing procedures for the prosecution, investigation, and
settlement of the case in line with the law./.
Tuesday, December 08, 2020 10:22
Auctions of land use rights are hoped to generate over 23.67 trillion VND for Hanoi this year (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) -
Hanoi expects to gross more than 23.67
trillion VND (over 1 billion USD) from auctioning land use rights at 446 projects on 177.29 ha this year, the municipal People’s Committee has said.
Total costs for site clearance and
technical infrastructure building are estimated at over 4.8 trillion VND.
The capital city wants to put 214 projects, each upwards of 5,000 sq.m, and 232 others,
each under 5,000 sq.m, up for auction. Seventy-eight are in Dong Anh district,
66 in Phu Xuyen, 28 in Ba Vi, 45 in Gia Lam, 25 in Me Linh, 19 in Ung Hoa, 20
People join hands to clean up a flooded school in the central region last year (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The
Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC)’s Central Committee said that
repairs to 22 schools damaged by downpours and
floods in the central region
were completed on April 5-6.
The repairs were carried
out using aid of 2.2 billion VND (96,000 USD) from
Lee’s Sandwiches International,
Inc., a Vietnamese-American fast food restaurant chain based in the US.
Nghe An and Ha
Tinh provinces had eight schools each undergoing repairs, while Quang Ngai
province had six.
Vice Chairman of
the VRSC’s Central Committee Tran Quoc Hung said the society worked with chapters
2021
Super Bowl anti-counterfeiting efforts; Taylor Swift’s lawyers respond to infringement claims; EUIPO on record year – news digest
In our latest news round-up, we look at Homeland Security Investigations’ success fighting sports merchandise counterfeiters, changes to the UKIPO’s online trademark application form, the latest law firm hires, and much more. Coverage this time from Trevor Little (TL), Bridget Diakun (BD), Jonathan Walfisz (JW) and Tim Lince (TJL).
Market radar:
Authorities provide update on Super Bowl anti-counterfeiting efforts – Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has announced the seizure of more than 169,000 counterfeit sports-related items over the past year, worth an estimated $45 million. This announcement was made during a press conference in Tampa, Florida, in the run up to this year’s Super Bowl and reflected on the Operation Team Player initiative. The programme (run by the HSI-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Cente