Former Vietnamese Health Minister Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Corruption
Former Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has been sentenced to three years in prison on appeal for causing significant losses and waste in state-funded hospital construction projects. While her sentence was halved from the initial ruling, a suspended sentence was not granted.
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