NDO/VNA – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong has stressed the need for courts at all levels to speed up judicial reform and improve the quality of judgment to minimise inaccurate verdicts and overlooking criminals. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam and Laos agreed to strengthen coordination to crack down on drug crime in their border areas at the 12th meeting of drug prevention and combat units in Hanoi on December 26. 

NDO/VNA – A United Nations expert has praised the Vietnamese Government and the Government Inspectorate (GI) for their efforts in amending the Anti-Corruption Law. 

NDO - The Ministry of Justice and the People’s Committee of Hanoi held a meeting on November 9 in response to the Vietnam Law Day 2018,in the presence of Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam and Mongolian Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Tsend Nyamdorj agreed to reinforce crime fighting cooperation during talks in Hanoi on October 16. 

NDO – Customs officers seized nearly 34kg of rhino horns at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, on October 12, which had been shipped from South Africa. 

NDO – Vietnam has made significant efforts in raising public awareness on human trafficking, as well as providing support to the victims of trafficking, a senior official from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said.  

NDO - Continuing to strengthen the inspection, detection and strict handling of smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeiting goods was a requirement made by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a national teleconference on July 26. 

NDO - Vietnam’s judicial staff at all levels are being provided with professional training aimed at improving their capacity in handling cases related to crimes against protected wildlife. 

NDO - Mobile carrier Mobifone’s former chairman Le Nam Tra has been arrested for his alleged wrongdoing in a deal that saw the state-owned telecoms company acquire 95% of the pay TV service AVG. 

NDO/VNA – Dang Thanh Binh, former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), was sentenced to three years in prison for the charge of lacking responsibility causing serious consequences at the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) during the first instance trial in Ho Chi Minh City on July 2. 

NDO/VNA – The Presidential Office on June 28 announced President Tran Dai Quang’s order to promulgate seven laws, including the laws on cyber security, national defence, denunciation and competition. 

NDO/VNA – The High-Level People’s Court in Hanoi on June 26 upheld the charges and sentences against Dinh La Thang and five of his accomplices in the case involving the National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam)’s contribution of VND800 billion to the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank).  

NDO – A Family and Juvenile Court was launched in the southern province of Dong Thap on June 22, making it the second province in Vietnam to have a specialised court for children.