Hanoi court upholds life sentence for ex-minister in scandalous MobiFone-AVG deal
Vietnam News 15:15 28/04/2020Nguyen Bac Son, former communications minister, was previously sentenced to life in prison for receiving US$3 million in bribes
Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in scandalous MobiFone-AVG deal
Vietnam News 13:23 28/12/2019The former minister avoided a death penalty thanks to several mitigating circumstances
Vietnam's ex-communication minister receives $3mn bribe in scandalous AVG-MobiFone deal
Vietnam News 11:05 03/09/2019Police on Monday indicted Nguyen Bac Son, Minster of Information and Communications for the 2011-16 tenure
Vietnam’s former minister of investment reprimanded for involvement in $391mn acquisition deal
Vietnam News 11:26 28/11/2018He was disciplined for his role in the now-aborted deal where Mobifone tried to buy a 95 percent stake in AVG
Vietnam arrests two more officials of state-run MobiFone in graft crackdown
Vietnam News 14:34 14/11/2018Both are accused of 'violating regulations on the management and use of state capital'
Vietnam communications minister suspended amid acquisition scandal
Vietnam News 17:02 23/07/2018He previously received warnings from the prime minister and Politburo
Vietnamese communications minister warned for role in $391mn acquisition deal
Vietnam News 15:24 13/07/2018He was also relieved of his post as Secretary of the Party Committee of the communications ministry
Vietnam nabs Mobifone ex-chairman, communications ministry official over $391mn acquisition deal
Vietnam News 11:56 11/07/2018They are both charged for violating regulations on public investment management, which resulted in serious consequences
Vietnam’s former, incumbent minister of communications face disciplinary action in $391mn acquisition deal
Economy 14:15 01/07/2018The two officials were involved in the scandalous Mobifone-AVG contract that cost over US$391 million
Vietnam expels former Mobifone chairman, ex-BIDV chairman from Party
Vietnam News 16:00 30/06/2018The former telecom chairman was expelled for his role in a $392mn investment scandal, and the ex-bank chairman for multiple violations when leading the state lender
Company in $392mn investment scandal in Vietnam had profile doctored: state inspector
Economy 14:01 16/03/2018A loss-making and debt-ridden company was made to look like a lucrative, asset-rich firm
Vietnamese ministries, top officials face punishment in $392mn acquisition deal
Economy 14:51 15/03/2018The scandalous Mobifone-AVG contract was nullified but the case has yet to be closed
