Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

Hanoi - Hanoi police were seeking a fugitive former finance official for defrauding the public out of property worth millions of dollars, state media said Monday.

Two former police officers in the central province of Khanh Hoa each has received a nine-month suspended sentence for beating up a theft suspect when interrogating her, Dan Tri reported.

Police are struggling to pinpoint what has caused the explosive fires that have recently plagued cars and motorbikes in Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security said.

Un programme de coopération sur les informations et la communication à propos des tâches de protection de la sécurité, de l'ordre social et de l'édification des forces de la police populaire pour la période 2011-2015 a été signé le 21 octobre à Hanoi par le ministre de la Police, Trân Dai Quang, et le directeur général de l'Agence Vietnamienne d'Information (AVI), Nguyên Duc Loi.

Hanoi - Police in southern Vietnam have detained 62 people on suspicion of impersonating officials to steal millions of dollars, authorities said Tuesday.

Selon l’organisation Human Rights Watch, les violences policières sont devenues « routinières » au Vietnam, mais aussi impunies. Elle y voit un signe d’une corruption répandue, tout comme les opposants en exil, qui rêvent cependant d’un « printemps » pour leur pays.

Le régime communiste vietnamien a interdit le port des lunettes noires, le bavardage, le tabac et les postures trop décontractées aux policiers pendant le service, a-t-on indiqué aujourd'hui de source officielle.

HANOI — A judge says four villagers in northern Vietnam were sentenced to up to four years in prison for attacking police and causing a disturbance after a man died in custody.

Authorities in northern Vietnam have demoted five policemen for filming the arrest of two naked prostitutes after the footage was posted on the Internet, police said Tuesday.

HANOI - A prominent lawyer who had sued Vietnam's prime minister over environmental issues was arrested Friday, the lawyer's uncle said.

A 23 heures pile, la connexion internet du cybercafé de Duc, à Hanoi, s’interrompt. Pour faire respecter les horaires légaux d’ouverture (6 heures-23 heures), les autorités vietnamiennes ont choisi, ces dernières semaines, une solution radicale : couper les lignes des cybercafés la nuit.

HANOI — Vietnamese police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of thousands who gathered to protest the death of a young man detained by police, an official said Wednesday.

HANOI — A boy was killed and a man left in critical condition when violence broke out during a protest at the site of a planned oil refinery in northern Vietnam, residents and hospital officials said Wednesday.

A Vietnamese student will sue San Jose police officers for using excessive force when arresting him on suspicion of assaulting his roommate, his attorney said in a telephone interview with Tuoi Tre.

Les 61 Vietnamiens qui campaient devant la mairie d'Angres (près de Liévin) depuis mardi après-midi sont partis ce midi, de manière précipitée.