Slew of scandals pose legitimacy problem
for Vietnam’s entrenched regime
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/12/2022 7:19:38 PM
Bangkok—A scandal engulfing Vietnam’s foreign ministry and a number of other public and private bodies are testing Hanoi’s reliability as a linchpin of an anticipated U.S.-led Asian economic framework and as a bulwark in the international fight to tame the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign Ministry, tourism, air, medical and manufacturing officials have been arrested and expelled from the ruling Communist Party in recent weeks. They are accused of pocketing $240 million by defrauding frightened Vietnamese citizens into paying inflated fees for government-arranged COVID-19 repatriation flights and cumbersome permits and of price-fixing emergency health care and equipment. The scandal and the regime’s crackdown have given a
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Only $240 million? That's chump change to America's politicians, who also never get arrested or thrown out of their jobs.