Vietnam’s authorities are seeking to prosecute 54 officials for their roles in alleged bribery connected to the repatriation of Vietnamese nationals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday that it had concluded its probe and submitted a report to the Supreme People’s Court, proposing to prosecute 54 officials involved in organizing repatriation flights.
They faced charges for taking bribes, giving bribes, brokering bribes, abusing positions and powers while performing official duties, and fraudulently appropriating property, according to the ministry’s statement.
The case was related to Vietnam’s repatriation flight scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local media reported that Vietnam organized 1,000 repatriation flights between 2020 and 2021, bringing back over 200,000 Vietnamese nationals from over 62 countries and territories….