Corruption still seen as a concern in Vietnam despite death sentence

FILE - Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, front center, is escorted into a courtroom in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, March 5, 2024.

While this month’s death sentence in a multibillion-dollar Vietnamese fraud case may show the power of Hanoi’s antigraft campaign, interviews in recent days showed continuing concerns over political impunity in Vietnam and vulnerability and corruption in the country’s poorly paid public sector.