Trương Mỹ Lan, chairwoman of real estate developer Vạn Thịnh Phát, was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of the largest financial fraud in Việt Nam’s history. VNS/VNS Photo

Legal proceedings have been initiated against 2,100 corruption cases involving 4,211 defendants nationwide since early this year, the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena, revealed on Thursday.

According to the committee, the fight against corruption has intensified following an order made by Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission completed seven out of eight inspections on cases which have fallen under the oversight of the steering committee.

It imposed disciplinary measures against 68 Party organisations and 104 Party members, including 20 officials under the management of the Party Central Committee.

The authorities launched investigations into cases reported at Phúc Sơn Group, Thuận An Group while completing the investigation and issuing indictments to prosecute cases at the Vietnam Register and local registration centres and FLC Group.

The first trials at Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, SCB Bank and Tân Hoàng Minh Group were completed, with the death sentence imposed for the first time on a private business owner for property embezzlement.

From the cases, assets worth over VNĐ85 trillion were confiscated, according to the committee.

At the provincial level, localities started criminal proceedings against 463 defendants in 190 new corruption cases this year.

Party committees, organisations and competent agencies have been told to adopt more concerted and effective measures in the anti-corruption tasks and focus on handling serious corruption cases that largely attract public concern.

They have been asked to complete investigations into cases at FLC Group, AIC Company, Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, Sài Gòn - Đại Ninh (Lâm Đồng) and work together in arresting and extraditing suspects and defendants who have fled abroad.

The Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena agreed to add two cases under the committee's supervision which are the case at Thuận An Group and related agencies, localities; and another at Phúc Sơn Group Joint Stock Company, Thăng Long Real Estate and Trading Investment Joint Stock Company and a number of related agencies and localities. — VNS