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Six charged with bribery in protection racket

Six men have been prosecuted for bribery in a protection racket that ramped up billions of dong from truck drivers to avoid traffic offences, Hanoi police announced on Sunday.

Volkswagen facing multiple US probes

 Volkswagen is facing multiple investigations in the United States, including, reports say, a criminal probe from the Department of Justice.

EU plans tax transparency clampdown

 The European Commission has laid out plans to clamp down on so-called sweetheart tax deals between governments and multinationals.

Court sentences eight to death for heroin trafficking

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Court of Hoa Binh Province sentenced eight people to death and five others to life imprisonment for trafficking 189.35kg of heroin yesterday, Jan 19.

27 securities companies shut up shop in 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of securities companies in Viet Nam reduced by more than 20 per cent in 2014, announced the State Securities Commission of Viet Nam (SSC).

Russian passenger arrested for carrying 3kg cocaine into Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Russian citizen has been detained for carrying 2.8kg of cocaine into Vietnam via Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Graft probe focuses on key executives

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang said the government is committed to ferret out all those involved in the recently uncovered transport project bribery schemes and impose strict penalties, regardless of their positions.

Tax office continues to tackle transfer pricing

 VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Taxation has taken drastic measures to crack down on transfer pricing, confirming it had carried out investigations on businesses using transfer pricing to lower tax obligations.

Woman cons lenders out of $5m in cash

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern border province of Lang Son's Police have started investigations into the affairs of a woman who is believed to have run off with hundreds of billions of dong.

Anti-State agitator face imprisonment

The appeal court of the Supreme People’s Court has sentenced Le Thanh Tung to four years in prison and four years probation on the charge of “conducting propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.