Vietnam court jails ex-health official amid anti-graft drive


HANOI, May 20 (Reuters): A court in Vietnam on Thursday (May 19) sentenced a former deputy health minister to four years in prison for his involvement in a trading ring for fake medicines.

Truong Quoc Cuong (pic), 59, who had been a deputy health minister since 2016, was accused late last year of helping local firms to import more than 148 billion dong ($6.4 million) worth of fake medicines to sell domestically, according to a Ministry of Public Security statement.

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