Russia, United Kingdom, Vietnam
Russian-Vietnamese firm Sovico at centre of PCV anti-corruption storm

Businesswoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Sovico's CEO.
Businesswoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Sovico's CEO. © Luong Thai Linh/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao's much-awaited £155m gift to Oxford University is slow in coming due to the businesswoman's entanglement in the Vietnamese Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign and her company Sovico's supposed involvement in energy and weapons contracts with Russia. [...]
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Unit C03 hears from accountants in risky anti-corruption probe

In questioning executives from KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young in connection with the Truong My Lan case, the Ministry of Public Security is asserting its prerogatives in terms of financial intelligence. Having confidential information on banks controlled by business figures could prove invaluable in furthering MSP leader Tô Lâm's ambitions.

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