Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Ministry of Public Security to coordinate with other authorised agencies to quick finish investigations and bring to trial several major economic cases.

According to an announcement by the Government Office on August 31, the PM gave concrete instructions regarding the cases related to the Project Management Unit No. 18 (PMU 18); the fraud and property appropriation by Nguyen Lam Thai with involvement of some local post offices; the fraud and property appropriation by Nguyen Duc Chi from the Rusalka Project in central Khanh Hoa province; and the abuse of power and bribery of government inspectors at projects of the Vietnam Petroleum Corporation (PetroVietnam).

The PM stressed that due to the complication of these cases, in order to mete out strict and correct punishment to violators, the authorised agencies should closely coordinate to get final investigation results and bring the accused to trial soon.