Former chief of Vietnam’s state energy firm loses bid to overturn jail term

May 14, 2018 6:55 PM

HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam’s highest-ranking official jailed in decades lost his bid on Monday (May 14) to set aside a 13-year sentence for financial irregularities when he was chairman of state energy firm PetroVietnam, his lawyer said.

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