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A Danang court has sentenced a 45-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering her five-year-old son and fraudulently claiming insurance payouts worth around US$150,000. The woman had staged the death as an accidental drowning.
Vietnam has introduced a new national child protection programme for 2026–2030, aimed at strengthening legal frameworks, services and coordination to combat violence, sexual abuse and child labour affecting vulnerable youth.
Vietnam is drafting regulations that would prevent children under 16 from posting or commenting on social media unless their accounts are registered and monitored by parents, reflecting growing international concerns over online child safety.
Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested 49 suspects, including four foreigners, in a major operation targeting the trafficking of drug-laced vapes laced with controlled anaesthetic etomidate. Officers seized 1,670 vape pods and quantities of ketamine and methamphetamine.
Vietnam has declared a natural disaster emergency on a critical section of Ho Chi Minh Road in Tuyen Quang Province after consecutive heavy rainfall in June caused extensive infrastructure damage, prompting urgent repair efforts.
Vietnam's government has arrested three senior executives at a state publishing house and sanctioned 23 news outlets following the release of a biography about Ho Chi Minh that authorities claim distorts revolutionary history.
A speedboat carrying Indian tourists capsized near Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam on Saturday, claiming 15 lives. The vessel was returning from an island excursion when it overturned approximately 400 metres from shore.
Vietnamese authorities have launched comprehensive emergency operations following a July 11 speedboat accident in Phu Quoc that claimed Indian lives. Sun Group International Hospital activated full emergency protocols, with survivors receiving intensive treatment and compensation measures implemented.
Vietnam's legislature has approved expedited court procedures for handling juvenile drug rehabilitation cases, introducing digital document submission and reducing decision timelines from 15 to 10 days.
Vietnam has arrested Nguyen Thanh Nam, founder of telecom giant FPT, and social media influencer Tran Viet Anh over a recently published biography of Ho Chi Minh that authorities deemed historically inaccurate and disrespectful to party leadership.
Vietnamese authorities have charged seven people in connection with a sprawling film piracy operation that ran over 100 illegal streaming websites hosting more than 26,000 films, generating approximately US$12.8 million in illicit revenue through online advertising.