Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arrested Over Pandemic Flight Bribe Scandal
Vietnamese police arrested the country's deputy foreign minister on Thursday for allegedly receiving bribes connected to a repatriation flight program during the pandemic, officials said.
In recent months the communist nation has ramped up an anti-corruption drive, targeting government officials and business people.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security issued a statement saying To Anh Dung and two other officials had been arrested as part of an investigation into a bribery scandal connected to repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens since 2020.
Police searched the residences and workplaces of the three on Thursday.
No other details on the case were revealed.
The 58-year-old Dung was appointed Vietnam's deputy foreign minister in 2019, after holding various ...