The Vietnamese and Lao Governments’ special working committees on search, collection and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed in Laos during wartime convened their 28th meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on June 19.

VOV.VN - A ceremony was held at the martyr cemetery of Ngoc Hoi district in Kon Tum province on June 10 to re-bury remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives during international missions in Laos and Cambodia.

Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung and 53 others have been prosecuted for their alleged involvement in the case of offering, brokering, and taking bribes, abusing positions or power while performing duties, and swindling to appropriate assets at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Hanoi, and some other localities.

An investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security on March 15 officially launched probes into a former staff member of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and eight others for suspected wrongdoings related to repatriation flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision to impose a disciplinary measure of warning on Mai Tien Dung, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Minister-Chairman of the Government Office for his violations and shortcomings in his work.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has requested more breakthroughs to be made in the fight against corruption in the year ahead so that those masterminding notorious graft scandals will face tough punishments according to the law.

VOV.VN - The ongoing fight against corruption in Vietnam has recorded initial gains in recent times and it must continue with higher determination and stronger actions to be taken, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said in Hanoi on November 18.

VOV.VN - The Standing Board of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control met in Hanoi on November 18 to examine the corruption fight over the recent months.

VOV.VN -French auction house Millon has agreed to hand over a gold seal of Vietnamese King Ming Mang in the 19th century to Vietnam instead of being put up for auction.

Three more people, including two former diplomatic officials, have been arrested for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Consular Department, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on October 4.