At the first-instance trial for individuals involved in the high-profile corruption case at Phuc Son Group JSC on June 24, Nguyen Van Hau, the firm’s chairman, admitted to unlawfully gaining VND1.16 trillion (US$44.37 million), and confirmed his willingness to use all of his personal assets to fix the consequences.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on June 24 opened the first-instance trial of Hoang Thi Thuy Lan, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Vinh Phuc province, along with 40 other defendants involved in the high-profile corruption case at Phuc Son Group JSC.

The People’s Court of the northern province of Thai Binh on January 13 handed down verdicts to former National Assembly deputies Luu Binh Nhuong and Le Thanh Van as well as their associates for extorting property and abusing positions and power to influence others for personal gain.

The number of cases handled by People’s Courts at all levels so far this year has risen 7.73% over the same period in 2023, while the number of cases solved has increased 8.4%, reported Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Le Minh Tri at the National Assembly (NA)’s eighth session on November 26.

The military court of the capital city of Hanoi on December 27 opened the first-instance trial for seven defendants related to the COVID-19 test kit case at Viet A Company and the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU). Among the defendants, there are four former military officers from the VMMU.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the standing board of the Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena on November 22, during which he stressed the need to find solutions to the slow settlement of corruption cases.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has shown his strong resolve to deliberately handle notorious corruption cases that have captured great public attention in recent times in order to uproot corruption.

Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long cleared up questions regarding asset recovery in corruption cases, at a Q&A session in Hanoi on March 20 as part of the 21st meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

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.

VOV.VN - A senior Party official has requested that the Party’s Central Commission for Internal Affairs make timely recommendations in order to help the Party strictly handle notorious corruption cases in 2023.