Vietnamese real-estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death for her role in a $12.5 billion fraud case.
Lan's fraud case is part of Communist Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's corruption crackdown.
Lan, the chairwoman of real-estate developer Van Thinh Phat Group, was arrested in 2022 over the fraud case.
AdvertisementThe high-profile fraud case has scandalized the country and is raising questions about the one-party state.
For context on the scale of the Vietnam fraud case, consider the 1MDB case, which rocked Malaysia and the world when it started to unravel in 2015.
Persons:
Truong, Lan, Communist Party Secretary Nguyen Phu, —, Van Thinh, Zachary Abuza, Trang Bui, Bui
Organizations:
Communist Party Secretary, Service, Prosecutors, Vietnamese Communist Party, National War College, Washington DC, Bloomberg, Cushman, Nikkei
Locations:
Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Malaysian, Hanoi, Washington, Wakefield