HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has jailed four former heads of state-owned shipbuilder Vinashin for terms of up to 17 years over abuse of power and embezzlement, state media said on Thursday, as the Southeast Asian nation cracks down on graft.
Vinashin's former chief accountant, Tran Duc Chinh, was handed a 17-year jail sentence by the Hanoi People's Court on Wednesday, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said.
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