The Hanoi People's Court on March 17 commenced the first-instance trial of 13 defendants for their involvement in the case of violating bidding regulations that led to serious consequences at the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), the Advanced International Joint Stock Company (AIC) and relevant units.

The sale of insurance products through agency channels, including banks of some insurers, saw many violations, especially regarding the consultation of bank staff and brokers, according to the Ministry of Finance’s inspection result report.

Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung and 53 others have been prosecuted for their alleged involvement in the case of offering, brokering, and taking bribes, abusing positions or power while performing duties, and swindling to appropriate assets at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Hanoi, and some other localities.

VOV.VN - The Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam have decided to reprimand several ranking officials for wrongdoings they had committed while in office.

An investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security on March 15 officially launched probes into a former staff member of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and eight others for suspected wrongdoings related to repatriation flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Never before has Vietnam’s fight against corruption been accelerated as it has over the past year, with the targeting of such actions now being an irreversible trend without ‘no-go zones’.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on December 16 chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Party to consider punitive measures against eight high-ranking officials for their wrongdoings.

The Politburo on September 30 decided to give a warning to Bui Nhat Quang, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), as a disciplinary measure for his wrongdoings as the head of the Standing Board of the Party Committee of the VASS in the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures.

VOV.VN - The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee has proposed disciplining Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long and other ranking officials for their accountability linked to wrongdoings at the COVID-19 test kit case at Viet A company.

The investigation police agency under the Ministry of Public Security on July 27 decided to take legal action against Tran Van Nam, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province, for his wrongdoings.