The Supreme People's Procuracy has prosecuted 21 people involved in the high-profile corruption case relating to Phan Van Anh Vu (also known as Vu Nhom), the agency said on October 18.

The Supreme People's Procuracy has prosecuted 21 people involved in the high-profile corruption case relating to Phan Van Anh Vu (also known as Vu Nhom), the agency said on October 18.

Police in the northern province of Phu Tho’s Viet Tri City issued a decision to prosecute the deputy chairman of city People’s Committee for wrongdoing related to land use management in the locality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was Mark Twain who inimitably said: “Buy land, they are not making it anymore.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Lang, 79, and Nguyen Cong Uan, 80, are war veterans who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land management and usage in 30 cities and provinces across the country will be inspected from 2016 to 2020, according to a project approved on Monday by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered a probe into allegations that the People’s Committee of Vinh Phong Commune in Hai Phong City’s Vinh Bao District has held the red books (home ownership certificates) of 150 households for 19 years.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Information transparency is critical to preventing corruption, Dang Hung Vo, former Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, tells Kinh te & Do thi newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A range of policies took effect yesterday (July 1) including the revised Land Law, a decree on methods to evaluate land prices, and a decree to monitor multi-level marketing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Doan Khanh, deputy head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs, spoke with Vietnam Economics Times about anti-corruption measures.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The country has a lot of work to do in its fight against corruption, requiring a high degree of patience and determination,

VietNamNet Bridge - Poor tax administration prevents the expansion of the land tax. Typically, land tax can generate large revenues for local budgets, while in Vietnam, this number is very low.