Jailed business tycoon Phan Van Anh Vu faces bribery charge
The Investigation Police Agency at the Ministry of Public Security has officially launched legal proceedings into a case of “giving bribes” and “brokering bribery” in Hanoi and against Phan Van Anh Vu, a former real estate mogul, for “giving bribes”, under Article 364 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Phan Van Anh Vu is currently behind bars for his involvement in a number of cases (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Investigation PoliceAgency at the Ministry of Public Security has officially launched legalproceedings into a case of “giving bribes” and “brokering bribery” in Hanoi andagainst Phan Van Anh Vu, a former real estate mogul, for “giving bribes”, underArticle 364 of the 2015 Penal Code.
The police agency said on March 5 that it alsotook legal action against Ho Huu Hoa (born in 1984 and residing in Quynh Luudistrict in central Nghe An province) on the charge of “brokering bribery” underArticle 365.
Procedures were carried out in line with the law,following the approval of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the agency noted.
Phan Van Anh Vu, aka Vu “nhom”, was born in 1975and is the former Chairman of the Bac Nam 79 Construction JSC.
He is currently behind bars for his involvementin a number of cases, including those relating to DongA Bank, the disclosure ofState secrets, and land-related violations in Da Nang city and HCM City./.
The Hanoi-based High-level People’s Court on May 12 announced the verdict of an appeal trial for a case in which two former top leaders of Da Nang and their accomplices were linked with the illegal acquisition of State-owned housing and land in the central city.
The High-level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22 rejected all appeals filed by four defendants who are former city officials accused of “violating regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness”.
Two former Deputy General Directors of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) were sentenced to a total of 14 years and six months behind bars after being found guilty of violating regulations on banking operations and related activities.
The Hanoi People’s Court on December 11 sentenced Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, to five years in prison for charge of “appropriating confidential state documents”.
Dinh La Thang, who served as Minister of Transport between August 2011 and February 2016, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the bidding and accounting fraud in the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway project, a major toll road in southern Vietnam.
