Vietnamese audiences are often strict with celebrities and will say ‘no’ to those who have no sense of morality.

The Supreme People's Procuracy has issued an indictment against 36 defendants for violations related to equipment procurement bidding packages for a hospital project at Dong Nai General Hospital.

Former Deputy Minister of Health Cao Minh Quang has been jailed for 30 months, but the People’s Court of Hanoi suspended the sentence meaning he will not go to prison.

Investigators at the Ministry of Public Security have proposed pressing charges against 17 officials of the HCMC Tax Department for a lack of responsibility and supervision.

The Hanoi People's Procuracy on Tuesday recommended that a trial panel give deputy minister of health Cao Minh Quang a suspended sentence of 30 to 36 months over a medicine deal that caused over US$3.8 million in damages to the State budget.

The organising board of Miss Universe Vietnam has just been fined VND70 million (USD3,043) for allowing a judge to wear a revealing ao dai in the final night of Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 on June 25.

Siew Pui Yi, a Malaysian adult model and influencer who sparked outrage by wearing an áo dài without any trousers, has apologised to the Vietnamese community for disrespecting its culture.

Hanoi’s People's Court on Thursday opened the first instance trial on the inflation of prices of medical equipment in Bach Mai Hospital, one of the biggest hospitals in Vietnam under the management of the Ministry of Health.

Tan Hoang Minh withdrew from the Thu Thiem land auction; a life sentence was upheld for Tran Phuong Binh, former CEO of Dong A Bank; and Vinasun’s boss resigned. These were the most outstanding stories last week.

Former Party deputy chief and chairman of Phan Thiet City Do Ngoc Diep has been charged with land mismanagement as he signed 32 unlawful decisions approving the conversion of farmland to housing land in rural areas.

In the infotainment business, the private life of famous people is a commodity that sells well, the more scandalous the better. Often this takes the form of satisfying what can be described as morbid curiosity.

Some beauty queens including Miss Vietnam 2014 Ky Duyen, Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung, Miss Vietnam World 2010 Diem Huong, and Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy have faced public scrutiny because of "scandals".

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 VietNamNet Bridge – After rumours about the lack of transparency in voting results of the 2nd Gala, Vietnam Idol 2013 was accused of using a song without asking permission from the artist.

In 2013, a series of "shocking" incidents and scandals occurred in the health sector. The worst case is the one that is widely known by Vietnamese as “Cat Tuong,” in which a plastic surgeon threw the body of a female customer into the Red River.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Dam Vinh Hung has faced public criticism and asked to change his behaviour after dressing up as the "doctor-killer" who dumped a body in the Red River for Halloween.

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