Doctor, titleholder of 2 beauty pageants arrested

Businesswoman Truong Thi Tuyet Nga, who won the title “Successful Lady” of Mrs. Vietnam Pageant 2009 and who finished second runner-up at Mrs. Global Vietnam contest held in the US last year was arrested for fraud on Saturday

Two seized for snatching phone from foreigner on street

Two young men were arrested after stealing a deluxe mobile phone from a Chinese national who was taking photos on a street.

Man has operation to remove 9 rods from intestine

A 37-year-old man in Hanoi is recovering after an operation in which doctors removed from his large intestine nine metal and plastic rods he swallowed three years ago

Vietnam to build online social network for youth

The Government has agreed to build a social network on the Internet for young people, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said

North Korean experts train Vietnamese police

Ninety-eight mobile police officers and police task force members have been trained in a four-month course conducted by experts from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Man confesses to arson that killed father, daughters

Getting angry to see his father and wife quarreling, the man of two daughters set his house on fire, which killed his father and two daughters and injured three others including himself

Repeat complainants must pay deposit: official

Complainants pursuing their complaints for which a conclusion or settlement has already been reached must pay a deposit for their repeated complaints, a high-ranking official has proposed

Entire family burned in alleged house arson

Six members of one family in the northern city of Hai Phong suffered burns in an alleged arson over family conflicts Sunday night.

Man acquitted in rape-and-murder case gets life sentence