VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly on June 25 passed the amended Law on Penal Code, officially abolishing the death penalty for 8 specific offences.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has proposed a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and VND3 billion (US$116,000) for food safety offences.

After two weeks of implementing the Government’s Decree 168/2024/ND-CP, which significantly increases penalties for various traffic offences, the situation regarding traffic order and safety has seen remarkable improvements, as evidenced by reductions in cases, fatalities and injuries.

VOV.VN - Tougher rules will be put in place to combat corruption, wastefulness and related offences, said Party General Secretary To Lam while chairing the 27th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption, Wastefulness and Negative Phenomena in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam on August 17 paid a floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the monument dedicated to the late president on Nguyen Hue walking street in District 1.

VOV.VN - Competent authorities in Vietnam are proactively enforcing traffic laws, with tougher penalties to be imposed on drink driving offences with the aim of reducing traffic accidents, including deaths and injuries, whilst also promoting traffic safety culture in society.

VOV.VN - Never before has Vietnam’s fight against corruption been accelerated as it has over the past year, with the targeting of such actions now being an irreversible trend without ‘no-go zones’.

VOV.VN - Never before has the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, the Political Bureau, and the Secretariat strived to work hard on personnel work for the country’s top leadership as they are at present ahead of the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.

Gheorghe Nica, 43, accused of manslaughter over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a lorry near London, the UK, last year, pleaded guilty to an immigration offence on October 7.