Fight against graft in Vietnam: Cops arrests deputy trade minister over graft allegations


Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Ha. - Photo from Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI (AFP): Vietnamese police arrested a deputy trade minister over graft allegations on Thursday, with the country's communist authorities stepping up a crackdown on corruption.

Do Thang Hai, 60, a deputy minister of industry and trade since 2017, was taken into custody and was under investigation for his alleged involvement in wrongdoing at an oil trading company, the public security ministry said in a statement.

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