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Vietnamese Tycoon Jailed For 21 Years For Stock Fraud Worth $146 Million
Trinh Van Quyet, a former Vietnamese property and aviation tycoon was jailed for 21 years on Monday for fraud and stock market manipulation worth $146 million, state media said.
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Vietnam Jails Luxury Property Tycoon For 8 Years Over $335 Million Bond Scam
A top Vietnamese luxury property tycoon was sentenced to eight years in prison, state media said Wednesday, after he was accused of cheating thousands of investors in a $355 million bond scam.
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Vietnam Ex Health Minister Gets 18 Years In Jail Over Covid Test Kits Scam: Report
A court in Vietnam on Friday sentenced former Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes in a coronavirus test kit scandal, state media reported.
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Fifth Environmentalist Jailed In Vietnam, US "Deeply Concerned"
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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Vietnam Noodle Vendor Jailed, Imitated Chef 'Salt Bae' To Mock Official
A noodle vendor in Vietnam famous for imitating celebrity chef "Salt Bae" to allegedly mock a top government official was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Thursday, police said, after a court found him guilty of anti-state propaganda.
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Maiden Pharma Founder, Another Official Jailed In Decade-Old Case: Report
Two pharmaceutical company executives have been sentenced to two-and-half years in jail for exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam a decade ago, months after the WHO linked their cough syrups to the deaths of children in Gambia, reported Reuters.
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Vietnamese Man Jailed For 5 Years For "Spreading" Covid
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules.
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Flight Attendant Given Suspended Jail Term For Spreading Covid-19
A court in Vietnam handed a two-year suspended jail term to a Vietnam Airlines flight attendant on Tuesday after finding him guilty of breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, police said.
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Vietnam Jails US Citizen For 12 Years For "Attempting To Overthrow State"
A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a U.S. citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of "attempting to overthrow the state" in a trial that lasted just half a day, his lawyer said.
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Vietnam Jails Activist For 14 Years For Trying To "Overthrow" Government
A court in Vietnam has jailed a man for 14 years for attempting to overthrow the state, in cahoots with a group based in the United States, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
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Vietnam Blogger-Activist 'Mother Mushroom' Released From Jail, Sent To US
A dissident Vietnamese blogger known by the pen name "Mother Mushroom" was on her way to freedom in the United States on Wednesday after being released from prison where she was serving 10 years for anti-state propaganda, sources told AFP.
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Vietnam Jails Land Activist A Second Time For 'Public Disorder'
A court in Vietnam sentenced a land rights activist to 20 months in jail on Tuesday for causing public disorder, her lawyer said, jailing her for a second time over a similar offence in a case a top human rights group said should have been dropped.
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Vietnam Court Sentences Australian Woman, 73, To Death On Heroin Charges
A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a 73-year-old Vietnam-born Australian woman to death for trafficking heroin hidden in bars of soap, several state-run media outlets reported today.
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Vietnam Jails Prominent Blogger For Anti-State Posts
A court in Hanoi sentenced a prominent Vietnamese blogger to five years in prison after finding him guilty of posting anti-state writings on his two blogs.
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Vietnamese Tycoon Jailed For 21 Years For Stock Fraud Worth $146 Million
Trinh Van Quyet, a former Vietnamese property and aviation tycoon was jailed for 21 years on Monday for fraud and stock market manipulation worth $146 million, state media said.
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Vietnam Jails Luxury Property Tycoon For 8 Years Over $335 Million Bond Scam
A top Vietnamese luxury property tycoon was sentenced to eight years in prison, state media said Wednesday, after he was accused of cheating thousands of investors in a $355 million bond scam.
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Vietnam Ex Health Minister Gets 18 Years In Jail Over Covid Test Kits Scam: Report
A court in Vietnam on Friday sentenced former Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes in a coronavirus test kit scandal, state media reported.
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Fifth Environmentalist Jailed In Vietnam, US "Deeply Concerned"
Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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Vietnam Noodle Vendor Jailed, Imitated Chef 'Salt Bae' To Mock Official
A noodle vendor in Vietnam famous for imitating celebrity chef "Salt Bae" to allegedly mock a top government official was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Thursday, police said, after a court found him guilty of anti-state propaganda.
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Maiden Pharma Founder, Another Official Jailed In Decade-Old Case: Report
Two pharmaceutical company executives have been sentenced to two-and-half years in jail for exporting substandard drugs to Vietnam a decade ago, months after the WHO linked their cough syrups to the deaths of children in Gambia, reported Reuters.
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Vietnamese Man Jailed For 5 Years For "Spreading" Covid
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to five years in jail for spreading Covid-19 after he breached home quarantine rules.
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Flight Attendant Given Suspended Jail Term For Spreading Covid-19
A court in Vietnam handed a two-year suspended jail term to a Vietnam Airlines flight attendant on Tuesday after finding him guilty of breaking COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, police said.
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Vietnam Jails US Citizen For 12 Years For "Attempting To Overthrow State"
A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a U.S. citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of "attempting to overthrow the state" in a trial that lasted just half a day, his lawyer said.
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Vietnam Jails Activist For 14 Years For Trying To "Overthrow" Government
A court in Vietnam has jailed a man for 14 years for attempting to overthrow the state, in cahoots with a group based in the United States, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
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Vietnam Blogger-Activist 'Mother Mushroom' Released From Jail, Sent To US
A dissident Vietnamese blogger known by the pen name "Mother Mushroom" was on her way to freedom in the United States on Wednesday after being released from prison where she was serving 10 years for anti-state propaganda, sources told AFP.
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Vietnam Jails Land Activist A Second Time For 'Public Disorder'
A court in Vietnam sentenced a land rights activist to 20 months in jail on Tuesday for causing public disorder, her lawyer said, jailing her for a second time over a similar offence in a case a top human rights group said should have been dropped.
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Vietnam Court Sentences Australian Woman, 73, To Death On Heroin Charges
A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a 73-year-old Vietnam-born Australian woman to death for trafficking heroin hidden in bars of soap, several state-run media outlets reported today.
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Vietnam Jails Prominent Blogger For Anti-State Posts
A court in Hanoi sentenced a prominent Vietnamese blogger to five years in prison after finding him guilty of posting anti-state writings on his two blogs.
