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A man has been given capital punishment for robbing and murdering his co-worker in Ho Chi Minh City in 2018. The municipal People’s Court on Wednesday sentenced Nguyen Hoang Phi, 24, who hails from the southern province of Binh Phuoc, to death for murder and robbery. His accomplices, Nguyen Dien Tai and Tran Van Tu, both 21, each received an 18-year jail term for murder and robbery. Tai and Tu were under 18 years old when they committed the offenses. The fourth defendant, 19-year-old Vuong Minh Tuan, was condemned to one year and a half in prison for robbery but he was given a suspended sentence. Tuan was under 16 years old when he committed the violation. According to the indictment, Phi was an employee of a local security guard service company. He was dispatched to Ngoc Chau Company along with Bui Van Dat and some other people from April 1, 2018. On the evening of October 5 the same year, Phi and Dat were on duty during the same shift. Phi then planned on robbing … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City court sentences man to death for murdering, robbing co-worker

The proposal was made at a meeting between a delegation from Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee led by vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Ngo Minh Chau and Cu Chi District authorities on March 3. Other proposals at the meeting include the adjustment for 10 subdivisions along the Saigon River from eco agriculture areas into eco-urban areas, a target rate of population growth to 200,000 people in the district, an increase in the inter-district construction density to 35-40 percent with a goal of attracting investment. At the meeting, the People’s Committee of Cu Chi District informed that the district completed 15 out of 20 socio-economic targets in 2020. This year, Cu Chi strives to adopt 20 targets, including four economic targets, four urban environmental targets and 13 social ones. In order to well implement the socio-economic development plan in 2021, the People’s Committee of Cu Chi District hoped that the Municipal People's Committee and relevant … [Read more...] about Cu Chi proposes to convert 17,000 ha of agricultural land to other purposes

Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Index of Industrial Production ( IIP ) in Ho Chi Minh City climbed 6 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2021 despite a fall of 24.6 percent in February, according to the municipal Statistics Office. The office said the index in traditional industries fell 9.8 percent compared to the same period last year. Some saw a sharp plunge between January and February , including medicine production, water drainage and wastewater treatment, motorised vehicle production, and paper and paper product manufacturing. Several key industries, meanwhile, enjoyed a year-on-year increase in their production index, such as electronics manufacturing (32.4 percent), electrical device production (28 percent), the manufacture of products from metallic minerals (22.4 percent), chemical and chemical product manufacturing (10.8 percent), and food production and processing (9.8 percent). The Statistics Office added that … [Read more...] about Two-month industrial production up in HCM City

Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City and its Hanoi sister entered the 801-1000 band of the 2021 rankings, compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British firm specializing in overseas education, and released Thursday. Last year, both schools had entered the top 1000 in the global ranking. This year, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology made it into the list for the first time, placed in the 1001+ bracket along with HCMC-based Ton Duc Thang University. The list analyzes six factors including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio to compile the rankings that rate 1,011 universities from 80 countries and territories. Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the 2021 QS University World Ranking, followed by Stanford and Harvard in the U.S. According to QS, Vietnam National University-HCMC hosts up to 61,905 students and 3,985 faculty staff. Its … [Read more...] about Four Vietnamese universities break into Quacquarelli Symonds global ranking

One of Ho Chi Minh City’s private theatres is working to introduce young people to tuong or hat boi (classical drama), a Vietnamese traditional theatre genre that originated in the 17th century. Actress Binh Tinh, winner of the Chuông Vàng Vọng Cổ (Golden Bell) Awards 2016, a national cai luong contest presented annually by HCM City Television. — Photo courtesy of the theatre The Huynh Long Tuong Troupe will stage a series of new historical plays featuring national heroes and events in different periods under the Tran, Ngo, Dinh and Ly dynasties this year. The first show, Ngô Quyền Và Chiến Thắng Bạch Đằng Giang (General Ngo Quyen and the Great Victory on Bach Dang River), will be released on HCM City Television in March. The play features the battle of Bach Dang River in 938, when the Vietnamese troops led by General Ngo Quyen defeated the invading forces from the Chinese Southern Han Dynasty. The General at the time had his troops plant iron-tipped wooden … [Read more...] about HCM City theatre group preserves tuong