Vietnam
Vietnam business tycoon faces death sentence in billion-dollar fraud case
One of Vietnam’s prominent property moguls faces the possibility of a death sentence on Thursday as she and her co-defendants await verdicts in one of the most significant corruption trials in history, involving an estimated $27 billion in damages. Truong My Lan, the chair of the major developer Van Thinh Phat, stands accused of siphoning […]
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Former Vietnam health minister bags 18yrs imprisonment over $2.1million COVID fraud
A court in Vietnam has sentenced a former Health Minister, Nguyen Thanh Long, to 18 years in prison in connection with a Coronavirus test kit scandal. He was sentenced on Friday, January 12, after being found guilty of accepting bribes of more than 51 billion VND (US$2.1 million), Reuters reports. Long’s secretary, Nguyen Huynh, also […]