A trial opens for 50 Vietnamese officials over rescue flight bribes
Thirty-three others will face various other charges, including "offering or intermediating bribes, fraudulence, and power abuse", the report said.
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Vietnam's former deputy minister of foreign affairs To Anh Dung being led into the court by police for the repatriation flight trial in Hanoi on July 11, 2023. (AFP)
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More than 50 officials went on trial in Vietnam on Tuesday for alleged corruption over repatriation flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, a scandal that has seen several senior ministers fired.