Vietnam facilitates self-application for all visa categories

Vietnam facilitates self-application for all visa categories

Foreigners can now apply on their own for all visa categories at the https://evisa.immigration.gov.vn website without guarantees, invitations etc. from Vietnamese organizations or individuals.

Travel - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Central Highlands province chairman arrested for accepting bribes

Central Highlands province chairman arrested for accepting bribes

Tran Van Hiep, chairman of Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, has been arrested and issued with a search warrant on charges of “receiving bribes”, the Ministry of Public Security announced Tuesday.

Politics - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Vietnam to intensify crackdown on stock market manipulations

Vietnam to intensify crackdown on stock market manipulations

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security will launch a campaign to intensively check, clarify and handle violations on the stock market, especially “manipulation” and “fraud to appropriate assets.”

Finance - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Prudential, MB Ageas, Sun Life, BIDV Metlife guilty of bancassurance violations

Prudential, MB Ageas, Sun Life, BIDV Metlife guilty of bancassurance violations

Life insurers Prudential, MB Ageas, Sun Life, and BIDV Metlife have been found guilty of bancassurance violations and will have to pay administrative fines to fix their wrongdoings, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

Finance - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Vietnam police investigate cryptocurrency fraud

Vietnam police investigate cryptocurrency fraud

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security is investigating a case of possible fraud related to the trading of the Pi cryptocurrency, said Major General Le Xuan Minh, vice head of the ministry’s department of cybersecurity and anti-high-tech crime.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

15 under house arrest as stock manipulation probe expands

15 under house arrest as stock manipulation probe expands

The Ministry of Public Security's investigative agency placed 15 people under house arrest Friday for suspected involvement in the stock market manipulation scam related to former FLC Group chairman Trinh Van Quyet.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Company executive arrested for bribery in pandemic repatriation scam

Company executive arrested for bribery in pandemic repatriation scam

Tran Hong Ha, director of Sao Viet International Commercial and Human Resources Supplying Company, was detained Friday for bribery in a scam involving repatriation flights to Vietnam amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Rumor monger setting off run on bank deposits identified

Rumor monger setting off run on bank deposits identified

Authorities are investigating Ha Nam resident Nguyen Kien Quyet for allegedly posting fake information that caused many people to withdraw their money from the Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB).

Society - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Ministry plans to add 'place of birth' to new passport version

Ministry plans to add 'place of birth' to new passport version

The Ministry of Public Security is planning to add the “place of birth” to the new passport version to facilitate citizens’ seeking of visas to the Schengen countries.

Travel - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Nine investigated for spreading 'false information' about Vingroup chairman

Nine investigated for spreading 'false information' about Vingroup chairman

The Ministry of Public Security is investigating nine individuals for reporting that Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong had been “banned from leaving the country”.

Economy - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7