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Tan Tan Peanut executives prosecuted for tax evasion and shareholder misconduct

The chairman, his wife, and his brother face legal charges over tax evasion and failure to comply with shareholder rights in a corporate dispute at Tan Tan Peanut Company.

What is happening with Rang Dong Plastic and Dien Quang?

All five board members of Rang Dong Plastics have resigned. Rang Dong, together with Dien Quang, are businesses linked to former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa.

Bond victims from nation’s worst fraud set to receive repayment

HCM City authorities have announced a compensation plan for tens of thousands of bondholders who were misled into purchasing bonds through a private lender in a case considered Vietnam’s worst financial fraud.

Illegal schemes of a rare earth tycoon: Tax evasion and smuggling exposed

Vietnamese authorities have uncovered a massive tax evasion and smuggling operation involving Luu Anh Tuan, Chairman of Vietnam Rare Earth Company.

Vietnamese company illicitly profits $29 million in rare earth mining case

Investigators found that Thai Duong Group engaged in unauthorized resource extraction, smuggling, and tax fraud over a four-year period.

Thanh Hoa’s business tycoon arrested: The rise and fall of Trinh Xuan Nghiem

Trinh Xuan Nghiem, chairman of Anh Phat Construction and Trade Investment Corporation, has been arrested for alleged negligence in managing a state-owned iron ore mine, causing significant financial losses.

Prominent wood industry tycoon arrested in high-stakes gambling bust

Do Xuan Lap, a key figure in Vietnam’s wood industry, has been arrested for gambling, marking a dramatic fall for the CEO of Tien Dat Wood Technology Corporation and Chairman of Viforest.

Ho Chi Minh City disciplines officials over Thuan An Group scandal

Ho Chi Minh City has disciplined two party organizations and five officials for violations linked to major infrastructure projects managed by Thuan An Group, underscoring efforts to address corruption.

Truong My Lan’s death sentence upheld in Van Thinh Phat trial

The court rejected clemency for Truong My Lan, citing the gravity of her crimes, but allowed her seven days to appeal for presidential clemency.

Truong My Lan’s restitution tops 75%: Will she avoid the death penalty?

Will restitution and pledges for public welfare save Truong My Lan from execution in one of Vietnam’s largest embezzlement cases?

Opening of the trial involving Xuyen Viet Oil Company

The indictment concluded that the actions of Hạnh and her co-conspirators not only caused significant State budget losses, but also eroded public trust in government management.

Truong My Lan pleads for leniency as death penalty recommendation stands

During the ongoing trial, Truong My Lan expressed emotional turmoil as the prosecution reaffirmed its stance on the death penalty.

Appellate trial held for Van Thinh Phat case

The High People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on November 4 opened the appellate trial for the case involving property developer Van Thinh Phat Group and Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SCB).

Appellate court reduces sentence for Tan Hoang Minh’s chair to 7 years

In a recent appellate verdict, Do Anh Dung, chairman of Tan Hoang Minh Group, saw his sentence reduced from eight to seven years by the High People's Court in Hanoi.

Truong My Lan, facing death penalty, seeks compensation for financial victims

Convicted fraudster Trương Mỹ Lan, who was sentenced to death earlier this year for her involvement in Việt Nam’s largest financial scandal, is seeking to compensate over 35,000 bondholders she swindled money from.

Former Bac Ninh leaders indicted in AIC bribery case

The Supreme People's Procuracy on September 13 issued an indictment against Nguyen Nhan Chien, former Secretary of the Bac Ninh provincial Party Committee, Nguyen Tu Quynh, former Chairman of the Bac Ninh People's Committee, and 11 other defendants.

The entrepreneur who abandoned Da Nang's 'Silicon Valley’

The enterprise behind the so-called Da Nang Silicon Valley once developed at lightening speed and became a giant, but it has gone downhill recently.

Dutch Lady brand clarifies identity following arrest of Holland Milk CEO

On August 30, the Ministry of Public Security announced the arrest and prosecution of Nguyen Trung Vuong, CEO of Ha Lan (Holland) Milk Joint Stock Company, for "Manufacturing and trading counterfeit goods as food."

Ministry official given luxury watch in exchange for petroleum trading license

With the excuse of a belated birthday gift, the CEO of Xuyen Viet Oil Mai Thi Hong Hanh gave a luxury Patek Philippine watch to Nguyen Loc An, a Ministry of Investment and Trade (MOIT) official.

Xuyen Viet Oil bribed party secretary with VND13 billion, luxury goods

At the time when its company leaders gave bribes to state officials, Xuyen Viet Oil Travel and Transport Trading Co Ltd had stockholder equity of minus VND462 billion and owed VND1.246 trillion in environmental protection tax to the state.