anti-corruption fight

Update news anti-corruption fight

Hundreds of corruption cases prosecuted, 19 senior officials face discipline

General Secretary To Lam, Head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, Wastefulness, and Negative Practices, chaired a meeting of the committee’s standing board at the Party Central Committee headquarters this morning.

Former National Assembly official sentenced in Thuan An corruption case

Former Deputy Chief of the Office of the National Assembly, Pham Thai Ha, has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for abusing his position and power to seek personal gain.

Top mental health institute chief requests to return labor medal

The Ministry of Health has submitted a request to revoke the Third-class Labor Order awarded to a prominent mental health director, following his own request.

Former education official detained for falsifying admissions documents

Tran Van Thuc, ex-director of Thanh Hoa’s education department, has been arrested for alleged document falsification in school admissions.

Senior official barred from leaving Vietnam amid ongoing investigation

The Thanh Hoa Provincial Police Department has issued an official notice imposing a temporary overseas travel ban on Do Trong Hung, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Commission and former Party Secretary of Thanh Hoa province.

Senior forensic director arrested over bribery in Vietnam

The director of the Central Highlands Forensic Psychiatry Center has been detained for accepting bribes, sparking investigations into systemic abuse of power.

High-profile arrests shake Thanh Hoa’s political and real estate elite

Seven senior figures, including a former city party secretary and a provincial vice chairman, face prosecution in a widening corruption probe.

Top food safety official arrested in Vietnam bribery probe

The Director of Vietnam’s Food Safety Authority was detained over allegations of bribery linked to health supplement advertising approvals.

Vietnam indicts former food safety chief in bribery scandal

18 people face criminal charges in a widening corruption probe involving the Ministry of Health.

Thanh Hoa Vice Chairman Le Duc Giang arrested in mineral licensing probe

The Ministry of Public Security has detained Le Duc Giang and three others amid a deepening investigation into serious violations in mineral resource licensing.

VN rolls out sweeping anti-corruption plan with tighter grip on public finances

The plan, designed to align with the Party’s directives, aims to embed rigorous controls over power and prevent abuse in managing state resources.

Eight prosecuted in Viet Trung corruption scandal

The Ministry of Public Security is investigating high-level executives for bribery and asset misuse.

Former trade ministry official jailed in fuel licence bribery case

The Hanoi People’s Court on May 29 handed down sentences to a former senior trade official and three others for their roles in a bribery case involving the issuance of fuel trading licences.

Ex-official brought to court for violations in petrol import-export licensing

The Hanoi People’s Court opened the first-instance trial of Nguyen Loc An, ex-Deputy Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Domestic Market Department over violations related to the issuance of petroleum import and export licences.

Bribes, fake stamps, and 55,000 illegal certificates exposed

Former Director of the National Center for Judicial Records, Hoang Quoc Hung, along with his former personal driver, allegedly accepted over 43 billion VND ($1.7 million) in bribes to illegally process more than 55,000 judicial record certificates.

Luu Binh Nhuong’s sentence cut by one year, appeals by Le Thanh Van rejected

Former lawmakers lose appeals in abuse of power case as high-profile trial concludes.

Former food safety chief arrested over bribery in Vietnam supplement scandal

Ex-officials at the Ministry of Health arrested for enabling large-scale health product fraud.

Former National Assembly official faces prosecution in major corruption case

Pham Thai Ha is accused of abusing power for profit, causing state losses of over VND 96 billion.

Chief prosecutor describes acts of collusion between officials and businesses

The Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy reported that from October 2024 to the end of March 2025, 476 cases (up 1.7 percent) related to corruption and official misconduct crimes were prosecuted.

Over 32 trillion VND recovered in corruption cases, reports Chief Justice

Vietnam’s judiciary has intensified efforts in corruption trials, recovering vast amounts in six months.