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.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi People’s Court on July 11 handed down a total of 34 years in prison to three former top officials of Vinh Phuc province for accepting bribes in one of Vietnam’s most high-profile corruption scandals involving Phuc Son Group.

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly on June 25 passed the amended Law on Penal Code, officially abolishing the death penalty for 8 specific offences.

The Ministry of Public Security's investigation police agency has launched legal proceedings against and detained Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai on charge of “receiving bribes” related to an oil trading company scandal, Lieutenant General To An Xo, the ministry’s spokesperson, said on December 21.

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.

The investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security has issued decisions to prosecute, arrest and search the residences and workplaces of seven more individuals for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in Hanoi and some other cities and provinces.

A department head at the Government Office was arrested on September 20 on the charge of receiving bribe in connection with the case at the Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry.

Many defendants in major economic cases took advantage of policies and abused their positions and powers to make profit for themselves through violations of regulations on bidding, or through giving and receiving bribes.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on January 29 that it had issued a decision to suspend work of four officials of its Consular Department to serve the investigation into a case of taking bribes while licensing the firms that conducted repatriation flights for Vietnamese people.