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Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh: no unjust convictions in past term

Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Nguyen Hoa Binh said that criminal cases were conducted in accordance with the law, and no one was unjustly convicted in the past term.

Man jailed for 12 years in legal first

In a legal first, a man has been jailed in Vietnam for killing another man 14 years ago in the United Kingdom.

Supreme People’s Court upholds verdict and death penalty for Ho Duy Hai

The Vietnamese Supreme People’s Court on Friday rejected the request of Supreme People’s Procuracy to re-investigate Ho Duy Hai’s case.

Court postpones appeals trial on case involving fake medicine imports

The HCM City People’s Court on Monday postponed an appeals trial for defendants allegedly involved in the import of fake medicine for cancer treatment by the Vietnam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma).

Six sentenced to death for gang rape and murder of young girl

Six men were sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 22-year-old girl in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on Saturday.

Maguindanao: Philippine family clan members guilty of massacre

A Philippines court has found the masterminds of the country's worst political massacre guilty of murder.

Man gets death sentence for murdering three members of a family

The People’s Court in southern Binh Duong Province on Tuesday handed down a death sentence to a man convicted of murder and appropriation of property at the first instance trial.

Vinashin’s former chairman sentenced to 13 years in prison

Former Chairman of the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) Nguyen Ngoc Su was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the charge of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at a first-instance trial yesterday.

 

To settle disputes, many businesses use ‘gangland’ rules

VietNamNet Bridge - Four percent of businesses use ‘other informal modes to settle disputes, according to the Vietnam International Arbitration Center (VIAC).

Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snooping

 Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK.

Four suspected Barcelona attack plotters appear in court

 Four men accused of being members of an Islamist cell behind a van attack that killed 13 people in Barcelona last week appeared in court on Tuesday, a day after the alleged driver was shot dead by police.

South Korean court throws president out of office, two dead in protest

 South Korea's Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country's conglomerates, sparking protests from her supporters two of whom were killed in clashes with police.

Man gets public apology after wrongful conviction

The Ha Noi Supreme People's Court yesterday issued a formal public apology to Nguyen Thanh Chan, an innocent man who served ten years in prison due to a wrongful murder conviction.

92.8 percent of cases handled in 2014: court report

 Vietnam’s courts at all levels handled over 385,000 out of the 415,000 cases received, or 92.8 percent, in 2014, heard a conference on January 18.

Legal Advice: The competence of Commercial Arbitration and Courts in VN

In case where the contents of a contract include an agreement on requesting both Commercial Arbitration and Court to be the dispute settlement bodies, enterprises may refer to Resolution No. 01/2014/NQ-HĐTP.

Vinalines loses lawsuit, must pay VND65 billion to S. Korean partner

The Vietnam International Arbitration Center has decided that Vinalines, the largest shipping corporation in the country, must pay VND65.2 billion in compensation to its South Korean partner for breaking a contract signed between the two parties.

Court hears appeal for executives over $35m embezzlement charges

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Court of Appeals yesterday began hearing a corruption case in which a lower court last year handed down death sentences to two former financial and construction executives and jail terms to nine others

Harvard scholars: Vietnam should sue China in court

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American scholars have proclaimed that China's actions are a serious and unremitting violation of international law.

Hanoi court suggests 30-year jail sentence for disgraced banker

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on May 27 proposed imposing a 30-year jail charge on one of Vietnam’s top banking tycoons, Nguyen Duc Kien, for his role in a multi-million dollar scandal uncovered last year.

Lawyers want VietinBank execs to show up at Kien’s trial

  Defense attorneys have suggested summoning some leaders of Vietnam Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) to the hearing of a case against Nguyen Duc Kien, former vice chairman of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), which resumes today.