SCOV Chairman Nguyen Trung Kien emphasised that caring for the Vietnamese community abroad has always been one of the key focuses of Vietnam's foreign affairs and national solidarity efforts. This priority has received close attention and guidance from the Party and State through a series of major policies over the past decades.
Defendant Tran Dinh Trien, a lawyer, was found to be fully responsible for his actions as he was aware that his conduct was unlawful yet deliberately carried out the offence, which negatively affected public security, social order, and the reputation of state agencies.
The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a lawyer to three years in prison for “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to violate interests of the State, rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals” at a first-instance trial held on January 9 - 10.
The revised Land Law, recently adopted by the 15th-tenure National Assembly, which includes people of Vietnamese origin among land users and increases interests for foreign-invested economic entities, is expected to have positive impacts on the real estate market and the economy at large.
The code of conduct on social networks, recently introduced by the Ministry of Information and Communications, is expected to help build a healthy internet environment, a lawyer has said.