Vietnam’s Corruption Crackdown Shown in Vinalines Trial
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for two former Vietnam National Shipping Lines executives who went on trial yesterday for embezzlement as the government seeks to clamp down on corruption.
The People’s Court of Hanoi charged Duong Chi Dung, the former chairman of Vinalines, as the state-owned company is known, and Mai Van Phuc, its former general director, with embezzling 10 billion dong ($474,000) each, according to an indictment by the Supreme People’s Procuracy. Prosecutors are seeking death sentences for the two men.