Sentence to prison

Cuong was sentenced by the Hanoi’s People Court after being charged with "negligence that results in serious consequences". He is also forbidden from holding positions in the field of medicine for three years after finishing his sentence. Nguyen Minh Hung, former chairman of the management board of pharmaceutical firm Vietnam Pharma JSC, received 18 years in jail for "manufacturing and trading of counterfeit medicines for treatment or prevention of diseases". Hung had been sentenced to 17 years under the same charge at another trial over the case in 2019. His cumulative years to spend in prison will be 30 years, the maximum number of jail time for combined timed sentences in accordance with Vietnamese law. 12 others convicts related to the cases were also sentenced to between 2-20 years in jail. The sentences were the latest development in a counterfeit drug case involving Vietnam Pharma and the fake drug branded Health 2000 Canada. Cuong stands accused of violations that allowed … [Read more...] about Former deputy health minister jailed in fake cancer drug scandal

The exhibition features important milestones of the Vietnamese revolutionary press over the past years of construction and development. Especially, President Ho Chi Minh was also an outstanding journalist, making great contribution to the cause of revolutionary journalism in the country. His teachings become valuable lessons for the Vietnamese revolutionary press. Over the past time, learning and following President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings, soldier-reporters have used pens and papers as their sharp revolutionary weapons to fight and raise the voice of the nation, whether in dark prisons or fierce battlefields. The exhibition helps honor the journalist career of President Ho Chi Minh, highlight contribution of the Vietnamese revolutionary press during the two national resistance wars against foreign invaders, as well as pay tribute to soldier-reporters who have sacrificed themselves for the development of the Vietnamese revolutionary press. Also at the ceremony, the delegates … [Read more...] about Exhibition highlights Uncle Ho and Vietnamese revolutionary press