Volkswagen is facing multiple investigations in the United States, including, reports say, a criminal probe from the Department of Justice.

 The European Commission has laid out plans to clamp down on so-called sweetheart tax deals between governments and multinationals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of Hoa Binh Province sentenced eight people to death and five others to life imprisonment for trafficking 189.35kg of heroin yesterday, Jan 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of securities companies in Viet Nam reduced by more than 20 per cent in 2014, announced the State Securities Commission of Viet Nam (SSC).

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Russian citizen has been detained for carrying 2.8kg of cocaine into Vietnam via Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang said the government is committed to ferret out all those involved in the recently uncovered transport project bribery schemes and impose strict penalties, regardless of their positions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Taxation has taken drastic measures to crack down on transfer pricing, confirming it had carried out investigations on businesses using transfer pricing to lower tax obligations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern border province of Lang Son's Police have started investigations into the affairs of a woman who is believed to have run off with hundreds of billions of dong.

The appeal court of the Supreme People’s Court has sentenced Le Thanh Tung to four years in prison and four years probation on the charge of “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.