Deputy chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Ba Loc and director of the provincial Finance Department Do Duy Vinh were involved in selling three houses on Tran Hung Dao Street, the busiest shopping street in Tuy Hoa City, to Sacombank without having a proper auction and at a price lower than the market value.
The purchase was cancelled last year at the request of the provincial Party Committee in November. Deputy head of the provincial Finance Department's State-owned property management division Le Van Loi was put in temporary detention earlier this year.
Two children die after eating toad eggs
HCM CITY — Two siblings, aged 15 months and four years old, died after eating toad eggs on Sunday in Vinh Thoi Commune, Lai Vung District, southern Dong Thap Province.
Their 25-year-old mother was hospitalised on the same day but doctors at Cho Ray Hospital said she was recovering.
Tran Quang Binh, head of the hospital's Tropical Diseases' Department, said toad meat contains protein, but its skin, eggs and bile are poisonous.
After being poisoned, vomiting is the best method to remove the poison.
Fundraising to aid landslide victims
HA NOI — The Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Viet Nam-China Friendship Association yesterday officially launched a fund raising campaign for landslide victims in Zhouqu in north-western China's Gansu Province.
The week-long fund raising campaign will end on September 15.
On the campaign's first day, US$53,000 was raised in Bac Giang, Binh Dinh, Lang Son, Quang Nam, Lai Chau, Yen Bai and Khanh Hoa Provinces and by PetroVietnam and Vincom.
The landslide killed 1,239 people and 298 were still missing.
Company fined for discharging waste
BINH PHUOC — Southern Binh Phuoc Province People's Committee fined foreign invested C&N Vina Ltd Co in Chon Thanh District VND150 million (US$8,000) for discharging untreated waste water.
The company also released 10 times the regulated amount of waste water. — VNS
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