Vietnam Starts Second Covid-19 Flight Bribery Trial, Report Says
Live Mint-- Vietnam authorities are prosecuting a second group of people allegedly involved in bribery linked to pandemic-era repatriation flights, the latest chapter of a scandal that saw more than 40 people jailed last year and one that contributed to the downfall of a president. Seventeen defendants have gone on trial in Hanoi charged with bribery, failing to report a crime, and abusing their positions and power, Tien Phong newspaper reported on its website, citing the court. Former president Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who stepped down in early 2023, was issued with a disciplinary “warning” earlier this month for violating anti-corruption regulations. At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, when Vietnam’s borders were shut to almost everyone except for returning citizens, authorities licensed more than 1,000 repatriation flights to bring home over 200,000 Vietnamese, newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong reported.
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