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Society
-- Police in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on Wednesday announced that they were cooperating with local officials in investigating the cause and measure the damage caused by a fire that broke out earlier that day at Long Giang Industrial Park in Tan Phuoc District.
-- The People's Procuracy in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province confirmed on Wednesday that they had officially charged a director of a company and two other suspects for producing and selling fake gasoline.
-- Most districts of Ho Chi Minh City reported torrential rains and unexpected hail on Wednesday afternoon, causing major flooding and prolonged traffic congestion.
-- Police in the northern province of Vinh Phuc said on Wednesday that they were probing the death of the director of a ceramic company in a car explosion earlier that day.
-- A court on Wednesday assessed that the ex-chairman of the Hanoi administration had paid VND25 billion (US$1 million) to remedy all charges of power and position abuse and made various contributions, therefore it decided to reduce the defendant's sentence from eight to five years in prison.
-- Police in Da Nang City on Wednesday arrested and initiated legal proceedings against a 33-year-old man for operating a large network of illegal importation and smuggling of wild animals.
Education
-- Eight contract teachers at an elementary school in Thanh Hoa City have not been paid since January, even though the school year wrapped up more than a month ago.
World News
-- “Eight people who took care of soccer legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentina courts for homicide, according to a ruling released on Wednesday following an investigation into his November 2020 death due to cardiac arrest,” Reuters reported on Wednesday.