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Huge Vietnam fraud case raises questions over banking system
Huge Vietnam fraud case raises questions over banking system

A multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal involving one of Vietnam's most prominent tycoons exposed systemic weaknesses in the country's banking sector, say analysts who warn other such cases could yet emerge. Even so, he said the revelations from the case meant Vietnam "will have to take exceptional steps to audit the banking system effectively".

Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes 'unbearable'
Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes 'unbearable'

In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes. Trung has long hated riding in Hanoi, rated among the world's top 10 polluted capital cities in 2023 by air quality technology firm IQAir.