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Former Vietnamese Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang is escorted to the first-instance trial looking into bidding and accounting fraud in the HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Vietnam, on Monday. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS
Trial opens over HCMC road fraud
Tue, 15 December 2020
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on December 14 opened the first-instance trial looking into bidding and accounting fraud in the HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Vietnam.
The case involves 20 defendants, including Dinh La Thang, who served as Minister of Transport between August 2011 and February 2016, and Nguyen Hong Truong who was Deputy Minister of Transport from April 2007 to August 2017.
Vietnam s 8-year corruption crusade turns the tide
By Hoang Thuy, Viet Tuan December 15, 2020 | 07:51 am GMT+7
Vietnamese policemen stand guard outside a courtroom hearing a trial involving former Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, Hanoi, Vietnam, January 9, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Kham.
A hands-on, take-no-prisoners approach by top echelons of the Communist Party has been a decisive factor in the success of Vietnam’s eight-year corruption fight.
This was highlighted by senior officials in talks with
VnExpress that identified several salient features and factors marking the headway made by the nation’s corruption fight since 2013.
A total of 133 cases and 94 incidents of serious corruption and economic violations were directly handled by Vietnam s top anti-corruption agency.
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14/12/2020 15:20 GMT+7
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on December 14 opened a first-instance trial over bidding and accounting fraud in the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Vietnam.
Dinh La Thang, former Minister of Transport, (centre) and Nguyen Hong Truong, former Deputy Minister of Transport, (second, left) are among 20 people involved in bidding and accounting fraud in the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway project.
The case involves 20 defendants, including Dinh La Thang, who served as Minister of Transport between August 2011 and February 2016; and Nguyen Hong Truong who was Deputy Minister of Transport from April 2007 to August 2017.