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President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had been obliged to launch strikes that have inflicted heavy damage on Ukrainian energy sites in response to Kyiv’s attacks on Russian targets. The Kremlin leader, quoted by Russian news agencies, was speaking to his ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, after overnight attacks destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit...

Truong My Lan, chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, has been sentenced to death for her role in a $12.5 billion financial fraud, the largest in Vietnam's history. The verdict is part of Vietnam's crackdown on corruption led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, with 84 defendants receiving sentences ranging from probation to life imprisonment. Lan's case highlights the pervasive nature of corruption in Vietnam's state and economy, with the "Blazing Furnace" campaign targeting senior officials and business executives.

A court in Vietnam handed a death sentence to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong (NZ$20.9-billion) financial...

84 defendants in the case received sentences ranging from probation for three years to life imprisonment

Truong My Lan, 67, was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery, and banking regulation violations for orchestrating a massive fraud using hundreds of ghost companies.