Vo Quoc Toai was sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally taking four fishermen to Philippine waters to fish for tuna, where they were apprehended by authorities.
A 21-year-old man broke into a Bach Hoa Xanh store in the early morning, cracked a safe and stole all the money, but was captured on camera and later arrested.
Dang Thanh Tung, former chairman of Thanh Tri ward, and Bui Thanh Nha, former head of the urban construction order management team for Hoang Mai district, are accused of receiving bribes and overlooking six illegally built houses.
A 31-year-old man, Xu, ambushed and fatally shot his childhood friend in a garage, driven by deep resentment over alleged broken promises of a romantic introduction and financial support.
Vu Doanh Nam, director of the Social Assistance Center, is accused of instructing an accountant to inflate food costs and create fraudulent documents to appropriate 680 million VND.
Phan Thi Kim Luyen used online photos of patients and altered her voice to convince victims of an urgent need for loans, ultimately defrauding them of 2,8 billion dong.
Exploiting their administrative control over Facebook groups with hundreds of thousands of members, Lam and Tai allegedly posted negative information to coerce business owners into signing "crisis management" media contracts.
Former Deputy Minister Hoang Van Thang and four other officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 years 6 months to 13 years for receiving bribes totaling 4 to 13 billion dong.
A family has filed a lawsuit against a hospital, alleging that student Conor Hylton was left in the intensive care unit for 4 hours without a direct physician examination before his death.
Vo Thi Thuy Trang, an accountant with the Emulation and Commendation Board, Department of Home Affairs, colluded with a gas station to create fraudulent invoices for nearly 60,000 liters of gasoline.
Model and actress Andrea Aybar Carmona, also known as Nguyen Thi An or An Tay, is accused of repeatedly organizing "drug parties" with her assistant and friends in a luxury apartment.
While parents were on their phones, a 17-month-old child crawled into a restricted area near a wolf enclosure at the zoo, reaching a hand through the fence and getting bitten.
Nguyen Ba Khang, 17 years old, son of notorious figure Duong "Nhue", and his teen accomplices used slingshots and pepper spray to chase and injure others.
Three 15-year-old teenagers, after playing games, conspired to buy crowbars, break into a phone store, and steal two iPhone 16 Pro Max phones along with several other models to divide among themselves.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Tung has directed investigators to "conclusively prove" whether school and collective kitchens bear responsibility for importing diseased pork for meals.
Police stated that Bao Tin Minh Chau gold stores are operating normally to protect public interests, adding that "the origin of the gold will continue to be verified".
Former director Ngo Van Vinh and three other former leaders of the Central Psychiatric Forensic Institute have been arrested on charges of colluding to falsify psychiatric medical records to help criminals evade justice.
