The 12 defendants include
Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam); Trinh Xuan Thanh, former
Chairman and General Director of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC); Vu Thanh
Ha, former General Director of the PetroVietnam Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC
(PVB); and Do Van Hong, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director
of the Kinh Bac Petroleum Construction and Investment JSC.
Thanh is prosecuted for violating State regulations on
investment in construction works, causing severe consequences under Article 224, clause 3 of the 2015 Penal Code, and for abusing position
and power while performing duties under Article 356, clause 3 of the 2015 Penal Code. Meanwhile, Hong is charged for abusing
The province now has 2,083 poor households, accounting for 0.73 percent of the total number.
To meet the target, the province will offer vocational training and jobs to the
poor, and other support policies.
Speaking at a seminar held in the province this
week, Dinh
Thi Truc My, deputy director of
the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said the province’s social
allowance rate for the poor in 2016-2020
was 1.2 times higher than the national rate.
The provincial People’s Committee, relevant departments and agencies and localities had
implemented poverty-reduction policies with effective and suitable measures,
she said.
Support like soft loans, health care, education and poverty reduction models
Phan Phu Hung (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Police in the Mekong Delta
province of
An Giang on January 8 arrested three men to further investigate
their role in the illegal entry of
COVID-19 patient No. 1440.
The men, comprising 42-year-old Phan Phi Hung, 26-year-old
Pham Thanh Hap, and 32-year-old Trang Van Ut, all from An Giang, had completed
their quarantine and tested negative for the coronavirus
According to preliminary investigation results, Hung
set up links with people at home and abroad, including Hap and Ut, in an effort
to bring home illegally a 33-year-old man, who was later defined as patient No.
A saltwater-prevention sluice in Vi Thanh city in the
Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta in the
2020 – 21 dry season is expected to be higher than average, but not as severe
as the last dry season.
Phugn Tien Dung, head of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorology
Forecasting’s Hydro-Meteorology Forecasting Division for the Central, Central
Highlands and South regions, said the delta would face the highest level of
saltwater via the
The Vam Co and Cai Lon rivers, which are the major rivers in the delta, are
expected to face the highest level of saltwater waves in March and April, he
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese winners at international Olympiads in 2020 have
been honoured at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Education and Training in
Hanoi on January 8.
According to the organising board, over recent years, the education sector has
actively implemented fundamental and comprehensive education and training
renovations, including effectively implementing its selection of excellent
students at the national level to participate in regional and international
Olympiad competitions.
In the 2016-2020 period, the
Ministry of Education and Training sent many
delegations of Vietnamese students to participate in the competitions,
garnering 170 awards, including: 54 gold medals, 68 silver medals, 40 bronze
medals, and eight certificates of merit.