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Vietnam jails former PetroVietnam officials

By Reuters
23 January 2018   |   6:06 am
A court in Vietnam sentences one former official from state oil and gas group PetroVietnam to life in prison and another to 13 years for embezzlement and violating state rules amid a widespread corruption crackdown.

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