VOV.VN - The Hanoi People’s Court at a first instance trial on December 11 handed down a five-year sentence on former Hanoi Mayor Nguyen Duc Chung, charged with 'appropriating the State’s secret documents'.

VOV.VN - With the capital enduring the coldest period of the year, local residents who must work late and into the early morning when temperatures fall to their lowest, do not let the chilly conditions stop them from earning a living.

VOV.VN - A special collective wedding for 46 couples living in especially difficult circumstances from across northern provinces took place in Hanoi on December 6.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance stated on December 2 that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to entrust the Ministry with the task of allocating 1,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve for Savanakhet province in Laos, an area which has been hard hit by recent natural disasters.

The first-instance trial of the case on the theft of confidential State documents involving former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung will open on December 11 behind closed doors, the Hanoi People’s Court has announced.

VOV.VN - The ritual of “Nhay lua” or “fire dance” in English, ceremony performed by the Red Dao ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, has been regconised as part of national intangible cultural heritage by the the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy on November 26 decided to prosecute Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, and accomplices for “appropriating State secret documents” under Article 337 of the Penal Code.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu has received assistance from the German Communist Party (DKP) to support flood-hit people in the central region of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-US Forum kicked off on November 24 in Hanoi in an effort to support women in international economic integration whilst promoting their role in people-to-people exchanges between the countries.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Action for the Community Development Centre (ACDC) on November 23 coordinated to provide relief aid for people with disabilities who have been affected by floods in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.