Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon to death in $12B fraud case

Businesswoman Truong My Lan, center, in court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 11, 2024.

Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh city in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state media Thanh Nien said.