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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

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

He made the request at a yesterday meeting with the city’s Food Safety Management Board upon the implementation of task for 2021. Speaking at the meeting, Head of the Management Board Pham Khanh Phong Lan said that the board in close coordination with other competent agencies achieved its goals affirming to try their best in carrying out mission. With regard to inspection over pharmaceutical sector, the Department of Health’s cooperation is needed in term of supervision of medicine businesses. For instance, over 6,500 existing private drug stores in the city all announced they had been checked before when inspectors of the Food Safety Management Board paid visits to. She was concerned about advertisement, prices and origin of medicines; therefore, in the next time, the management board inspectors and their peers from the Department of Health together will continue paying visits to drugstores to check these above -mentioned problems. On his part, Deputy Chairman Duc said … [Read more...] about HCMC tightens control over food safety regulations