Society Ex-vice chairman of HCM City sentenced to eight years behind bars Nguyen Thanh Tai, former Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, on September 20 was sentenced to eight years in prison for “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness”.

Society Over 340 Vietnamese in US flown home safely More than 340 Vietnamese citizens in the US were repatriated on a flight that landed at Van Don International Airport, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on September 20.

Society HCM City: residents swap trash for rice in fight against plastics District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in return for their trash.

Society Photo exhibition introduces Vietnamese people, nation to Romanians The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania held a photo exhibition in Bucharest on September 18 to introduce the history, people and nation of Vietnam.