The Ministry of Finance has proposed and issued a multitude of unprecedented measures regarding taxes, fees and charges to support local residents and enterprises, including those from the Republic of Korea (RoK), to overcome global economic headwinds, Deputy Minister Cao Anh Tuan said on February 29.

Zalo – the most popular over-the-top messaging app in Vietnam, started to charge users from August 1 and cut a number of features of its free version.

The Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (VIWA) has announced that from October 12, fees and charges for transporting on the Vietnam-Cambodia waterway route are paid according the tonnage rates when vehicles entering and leaving seaports.

The Ho Chi Minh City police have launched criminal proceedings against and put into temporary detention four suspects with charges of conducting terrorist activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration, and three others of illegal trading of explosives.

National Assembly (NA) convened the plenary session in Hanoi on May 24 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Jover Chew, former owner of Mobile Air, a mobile phone shop in Singapore’s Sim Lim Square, was jailed for 33 months for cheating his customers.

Jover Chew, former owner of Mobile Air, a mobile phone shop in Singapore’s Sim Lim Square, pledged guilty to 12 charges in court on November 16.

The Criminal Court of Thailand on October 6 dropped a petition from deposed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra , which accused judges of being unfair in their handling of charges against her.