The Hanoi People’s Court is set to open a first-instance trial of 55 defendants, of whom 34 are currently in custody, in a bribery case involving the Food Safety Authority (VFA) under the Ministry of Health on January 5 morning.

The first-instance trial of 55 defendants in a bribery case involving the Food Safety Authority (VFA) under the Ministry of Health is scheduled to commence on January 5, according to a decision issued by the Hanoi People’s Court on December 22.

The High People’s Court in Hanoi on June 16 handed down its verdict in the appeal of 11 defendants linked to the second phase of the “rescue flight” bribery scandal, reducing sentences for several former provincial officials in a case that has spotlighted corruption in the country’s COVID-19 repatriation efforts.

VOV.VN - The Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security has completed its investigation and proposed prosecuting 41 defendants, including five former provincial Party Secretaries in a case related to Phuc Son Group JSC.

VOV.VN - The Police Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security on March 8 prosecuted and detained two top leaders of Vinh Phuc province over bribery charges.

VOV.VN - A court of appeal in Hanoi on December 27 upheld the verdict of the first instance court for three former State officials who had took bribes in the repatriation flight case during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will continue with its anti-corruption drive which has so far proved to be on the right track, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the forerunner of the ongoing corruption fight in the country.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 16 presided over the 24th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negative Phenomena Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - Fifty-four defendants involved in the repatriation flight scandal is standing a month-long trial which started in Hanoi on July 11.

Violations at vehicle registration centres have signalled an organised corruption case, causing severe losses to the society, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, told the Government’s regular press conference on February 2.