In a move to restructure the credit institution system and tackle bad debts, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced the mandatory transfer of two major banks.

The Hanoi People’s Court on April 28 sentenced former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank) Ha Van Tham to 10 years in prison for “breaching accounting regulations and causing serious consequences”.

A prison term of 10 to 12 years was proposed on April 28 for Ha Van Tham, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank), for “breaching accounting regulations causing serious consequences”.

The Hanoi People’s Court on April 27 began a first-instance trial of a case on violations of accounting regulations at the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank).

The Ministry of Public Security has officially launched an investigation into the alleged abuse of position and power to appropriate assets at the State-run PetroVietnam Oil Corporation (PVOil) and OceanBank, along with two former PVOil officials.

The High-level People’s Court in Hanoi on October 14 increased the penalty imposed on one of the four defendants charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

The High-level People’s Court in Hanoi on October 10 started hearing appeals of defendants in the case related to “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

Former Chairman of the Council of Members of the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) Nguyen Ngoc Su was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the charge of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” at a first-instance trial in Hanoi on June 12.

The People’s Court of Hanoi on May 6 decided to suspend a trial for the case of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” that occurred at the PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP).

The People’s Court of Hanoi on May 6 opened a trial for the case of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets” that happened at the PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP).

The Hanoi People’s Court will open a trial of the case of abusing position and power to appropriate assets at the PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) on May 6.

Four former leaders of the State-run Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), now the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC), have been charged with “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

Two former leaders of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro have been given prison sentences for “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

Prison sentences ranging from 4-9 years have been proposed for two ex-leaders of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro for “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

The Hanoi People’s Court opened a trial on March 21 for two ex-leaders of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro on the charge of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets.”

Four former executives of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR) on January 22 were sentenced to four to eight years in prison for charges of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”, following a two-day trial.

A first-instance trial was held on January 21 for four former executives of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC on the charges of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

Four former executives of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR) will be brought to trial on January 21 for the charge of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”, according to the Hanoi People’s Court.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted Tu Thanh Nghia, former General Director of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro, for “abusing position and power to appropriate assets”.

The Hanoi High-Level People’s Procuracy on June 22 proposed upholding the first-instance sentences for Dinh La Thang and his accomplices in the case involving PetroVietnam’s contribution of 800 billion VND (35.2 million USD) to Oceanbank.