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President reduces death penalties to life sentences for four prisoners
Updated: 13:14, 29/01/2022
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 28 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for four prisoners, on the occasion of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
They include two Vietnamese citizens and two Lao nationals.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 28 decides to reduce death penalties to life sentences for four prisoners. |
Amnesty is a major policy of the Party and State, manifesting the fine tradition of the nation in strictly handling those who violate the law while giving clemency and humanitarian treatment to prisoners who really rehabilitate themselves and wish to return to society as a useful citizen.
The consideration of granting amnesty to foreigners on the basis of fairness and transparency has also helped the international community better understand the policies of the Vietnamese Party and State.
A trade fair selling organic farm products and goods to serve demand for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, opened in Ho Chi Minh City, on January 27.
With the weather being beautiful and quarantine rules relaxed, Phu Quoc Island is expected to draw huge crowds during the Tet holidays.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed a decision assigning the Finance Ministry to earmark over 7,820 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to 10 provinces on the occasion of the Lunar New Year and the between-crop period in early 2022.
With travel demand picking up ahead of the Lunar New Year, airlines have increased flights to major cities and tourist hubs and ended Covid-19 testing requirements for flyers.
(BGO) - Responding to the campaign “Tet
for the Poor in 2022”, Bac Giang province has called for donation and received
46,000 Tet gift sets totally worth 23 billion VND ( one million USD), including
34,639 gifts for the poor; 12,823 sets for near poor families and others,
reported the provincial Fatherland Front’s Committee.
Source: NDO/VNA
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