In recent talks with VietNamNet, Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien - Head of Economic Advisory Group to the Prime Minister - said the pandemic battle and mass media communications have to be adjusted to support economic development.

In an interview with VietNamNet, Dr. Nguyen Duc Kien, Head of PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc's Economic Advisory Council, provides recommendations Vietnam needs to consider in preventing and controlling Covid-19 as vaccinations are being expanded.

The fast growth of Vietnam’s economy has seen an increase of the urban population, posing significant challenges to the country’s major cities, particularly in terms of transport and urban planning management.

VietNamNet Bridge - The list of bankers who met with misfortune in 2016 includes many well-known names.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many managers of state-owned corporations have gone abroad recently for health care or training courses. Some of them have lost contact with their enterprises. 

VietNamNet Bridge - ACB, Sacombank and Eximbank, the three most influential banks in the south, like MB and Techcombank in the north, are encountering serious difficulties.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three years have elapsed since the day Kien and many other bankers were charged with swindling. Some of them have fulfilled their judgment execution and returned to business. However, there still exist unsettled debts.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many businessmen honored as ‘outstanding businessmen’ or ‘outstanding young faces’ have been sentenced to jail because of their offenses.

 The 30-year jail term awarded six months ago to Nguyen Duc Kien, former Vice Chairman of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) Founding Council, was upheld by the Ha Noi Court of Appeals yesterday.

 The court of appeals of the People’s Supreme Court started reviewing the appeals submitted by Nguyen Duc Kien, former vice chairman of the founding council of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), and other ACB former executives, in Hanoi on November 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Procuracy on May 27 proposed imposing a 30-year jail charge on one of Vietnam’s top banking tycoons, Nguyen Duc Kien, for his role in a multi-million dollar scandal uncovered last year.

 Nguyen Duc Kien denied the charges of fraudulent appropriation of property and conducting illegal business on the second day of his trial on May 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Court resumed the trial of Nguyen Duc Kien, a former vice chairman and founding member of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), and his accomplices on May 20 after more than a month’s delay.

  Defense attorneys have suggested summoning some leaders of Vietnam Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) to the hearing of a case against Nguyen Duc Kien, former vice chairman of Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), which resumes today.

 The Hanoi People’s Court on April 16 afternoon decided to postpone the trial of Nguyen Duc Kien, former Vice Chairman of the founding council of the Asia Commercial Bank, because one of his alleged eight accomplices was absent due to poor health.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People’s Procuracy has laid charges against nine executives from Asia Commercial Bank for their alleged involvement in an enormous financial scandal.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Supreme People's Procuracy has recently prosecuted two more former officials of the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) for allegedly violating banking regulations.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duc Kien, one of Vietnam's most powerful financial figures, may face life sentence for violating state regulations on economic management.