One of Brazil's richest businessmen and a top senator have been arrested as part of the sweeping corruption probe into state oil giant Petrobras.

 The National Assembly (NA) continued its second day of Q&A sessions yesterday, with all cabinet members attending the event for the first time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mining operations in Viet Nam are mired in serious problems including wastage, corruption, environmental damage and inadequate contribution to the State Budget, officials say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Punishing economic corruption and showing leniency to repentants were issues still being debated,

South Africa did pay $10m (£6.5m) to a football body led by Jack Warner, a figure at the centre of Fifa corruption allegations, local media say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Eighty-nine percent of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) say if they do not pay “commissions” to state agency officials, they will meet  with unfortunate action or behavior.

 Thai authorities have banned former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office for five years and launched a legal case that could see her jailed.

 VietNamNet Bridge –A recent study of the World Bank (WB) showed that corruption in connection with land-related issues in Vietnam is the second most critical after traffic police.

 Viet Nam would further protect whistleblowers and provide more incentives for them to come forward to increase the public's trust, Huynh Phong Tranh, head of the Government Inspectorate, said yesterday.

 Transport Minister Dinh La Thang yesterday said growing infrastructure demand in the country needs new funding sources other than the State Budget and overseas development assistance.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang admitted corruption is still prevalent in the process of issuing land use right certificates in major cities.

 Afghan President-elect Ashraf Ghani is set to be inaugurated in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul.

According to draft regulations written by the Government Inspectorate and Ministry of Home Affairs, whistleblowers who help the state recover at least VND1 trillion ($47.6 million) due to corruption can receive a bonus of VND5 billion ($250,000).

Traffic jams have gone from bad to worse in recent days at some of HCMC’s main gateways in Binh Tan, Thu Duc and other outlying districts due to road constructions and upgrades.

 An interim South Korea government report says the 16 April sinking of the Sewol ferry was partly due to government negligence and corruption.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Court of Appeals yesterday began hearing a corruption case in which a lower court last year handed down death sentences to two former financial and construction executives and jail terms to nine others

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic power is second only to "violence" and Official Development Assistance (ODA) is one of the tools demonstrating this great power.

 Family of Vietnamese in ferry tragedy arrives in RoK; Students hospitalised due to food poisoning; 61 detained fishermen to return home from Indonesia; Ageing population poses challenges to Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is determined to equitise SOEs under its control to improve production and business activities, Minister Dinh La Thang spoke to the Tin Tuc (News) Newspaper.