Trial Begins in Vietnam's Unprecedented $12 Billion Real Estate Scandal | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Trial Begins in Vietnam's Unprecedented $12 Billion Real Estate Scandal | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Vietnam has begun a trial in a $12 billion real estate scandal. Real estate mogul Truong My Lan is accused of embezzling the money from the Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank. She is said to have controlled 90% of the bank through a network of 27 associates. The bank loaned $43 billion dollars to Lan over the course of a decade. The extent of graft came to light after investigators found the diary of Lan's personal driver.
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[@DeEmperor1]

You can't pull off a scam of such scale without govt officials being involved.

[@TravisHoul]

Where do you think they learned to do that?

[@TravisHoul]

You have a brain. Where did they learn to do that because there is more than one country doing that kind of thing right now.

[@teemo1wildhunt944]

woo hoo, such wise words, but arn't you still have Joe and Trump to deal with back in your country ?

[@Harki146]

It became so big it can only be characterised as stupid.

[@donerickson7305]

This scam was so huge it was a big percent of Vietnam's GDP

[@tuduong9218]

Remember Truong My Lan could not have done this without "backing" from "very high power" people. This is just a "show" and a "game". The "show" is to show to the people of Vietnam that the government is doing something about corruption. The "game" is they allow TML to do whatever she wants to get all the money from the ordinary people, then WHAM the government prosecute her and TAKE ALL. So basically the scam is 1/ the government allowed TML to scam the ordinary people, 2/ the government backing TML to continue to scam people, 3/ when TML successfully gets lots of money from the people, then 4/ the government step in to prosecute TML, and finally 5/ the government seizes all the money TML has. At the end, the government is $12 billion USD richer, at the same time hailed "hero" for fight against corruption, and the ordinary people lost $12 billion USD.

[@user-hn8xy1gq7e]

Watching from the Philippines

[@annien5355]

Absolutely correctly well said. That’s how it’s in Vietnam

[@HuuTonyTran]

​@annien5355 why because Vietnam is a corrupted Communist Nation which makes it even worst 🤦‍♂️

[@alhynraagas1026]

Money turn’s into Dust .. fame is nothing if its from evil doing…they just used her abiity how to make money .. Watching from Moscow

[@user-uh6xc1wg1e]

😂😂

[@indeficit2]

I'm sorry but when I hear the word "scam" first thing that came to mind was INDIAN SCAMMERS CALLING ME 50 TIMES A DAY!

[@dan-bz7dz]

lol

[@remywilson6041]

oh u get 96 air duct cleaning calls too i was thinking same thing as she said that

[@manolojimenez4970]

HE HE HE 'BEAUTIFUL TRUE EXPERIENCED JOKES'

[@indayems3630]

😂🤣🤣🤣💀

[@zainzoala1083]

😂😂😂 Well now you know the biggest scammers and thieves are the rich untouchable billionaires. But , definitely not these low life online Indian scammers 😂😂😂

[@phuongly9307]

To be exact, she withdrew 43 billion USD. However, since she withdrew the money over a period of 10 years, and the anti-corruption law only came into effect in the later years, she was only charged with embezzling 12 billion USD. The remaining amount was only charged as a crime of causing property loss. It is important to note that the actual amount she withdrew was 43 billion USD.

[@ogikilla]

The need to find the puppet masters. She is just a pawn.

[@ebrapham521]

not puppet but just a part of a huge chain calls Chinese Business in Asean

[@vulam1757]

@@ebrapham521 Chinese are 🤓 smart. 😂 Now let's see how many corrupt officials they can bring down as well

[@alBngnnuyn8070]

Let me ask you this question? Who do you really are the puppet masters, pulling the strings to allow Truong My Lan to pull the most highest scam in the decades? She, along, definitely would not be able to have done it.

[@dan-bz7dz]

Why? Because she's a woman?

[@davidcleveland5]

They need to do more of this kind of investigation in America and other developed countries.

[@challism]

Yes, it needs to be done. But it won't. Who is the "they" in your sentence? Because "they" certainly won't investigate themselves truthfully.

[@MK-lh3xd]

Imagine how many such scams must be covered up in our own country India where regulators are lax, corrupt and incompetent. I keep wondering when they blow up. Ultimately it is the common man that suffers due to government's apathy and incompetence.

[@plusultra7258]

It is easy when you have a population of only around 100 million. But not easy when you have a population of 1.4 billion.

[@MK-lh3xd]

@@plusultra7258 wth?

[@backpropagation8365]

Currently there are no banking related scams in India. So, don’t tax your brains too much. 😂

[@_.F0X._]

It is much bigger than Modis Rafael scandal

[@peaceleader7315]

India 🇮🇳 only exports our capital flights and brain drain..🤣.. we don't do corruption 😅.

[@MyIOnU]

They also need to investigate to see how many corrupt Govt. officials were on her payroll as well.

[@vanchien5874]

They did. Many officials are accused of corruption on this trial. To be more precise, there are almost 100 people related to this scandal.

[@user-dn8tj4pp4q]

In vietnam a communist country, nothing is possible without the involvement of the top 4 party leaders.

[@Vincehunting336]

only low ranking officials brought to trial.

[@luongo7886]

First Post forgot to mention that this woman con artist and her family are ALL CHINESE!!! They are one of the few chinese who somehow made their way into the inner circle of Vietnamese elites. And now, they are ALL IN JAIL for STEALING $45 BILLION, NOT just $12B. The $45 BILLION that these CHINESE THIEVES STOLE from Vietnam were transferred to CHINA to construct roads and bridges. The Vietnamese authorities are working round the clock to get the money back. SHAME ON CHINESE THIEVES AND CRIMINALS!!

[@halo7250]

Anyone going to investigate india scam call centers, and colluding Indian government officials?

[@BenAvodot]

What amazes me is that the whole scam was uncovered because of a lowly driver. Sometimes something so small can bring down a whole empire. Goes to show, scammers are always vulnerable to the truth.

[@luanvo7758]

That’s not how the scam was uncovered. They are not stupid as most people believe. A system collapsed did.

[@anymjohnson1729]

Yes 😆😅🤣😂😁😄😄😁😆😅🤣😂

[@elldibs7396]

the "lowly driver" was one of many agents who were all around her and she was oblivious

[@bruceyung70]

Yes, agree 100%.

[@thegodfather7347]

That's not accurate, it's just media fabrication. The bank she controls has surpassed the four largest auditing companies in America. Vietnam's leaders knew what she was doing a long time ago, but they had to find all her accomplices and choose a time to have the least impact on the economy.

[@MarcoPolo-hn8or]

It’s about time! It’s extremely corrupt in Vietnam with government workers and officials. I experienced it first hand.

[@anymjohnson1729]

All countries as we Speak Are Corrupted. Just look at the USA's Politicians; All humans are.

[@challism]

Don't believe that this is going to change anything. It's a good show, nothing more.

[@daitran5745]

It corrupt everywhere in the world..

[@adh6886]

Should have mentioned she is a Chinese Vietnamese and her husband is a billionaire from Hong Kong who is standing trials too. Edit: I should clarify, I mentioned she is Chinese Vietnamese because unlike many other Chinese Vietnamese who calls Vietnam home, she doesn’t. Her whole family tried to officially renounce their Vietnamese citizenship few years back and pulled out at the last minute. Just goes to show she has no remorse and extent of her crime. She could have stayed wealthy the normal way but chose to be a parasite that sucks everything. She attempted to flee but couldnt.

[@hufflewitz]

nephew of a billionare*

[@user-kx7iz6qk6b]

The Vietnamese government was smart to get her stay, and now she is caught.

[@user-zf3xb3qx8w]

Most of the Vietnamese "boat people" had no relatives to go back to the land, demanded when North Vietnam took over the south, and read Mao's book to them: all go back to the land. Most were Chinese merchant class in the cities. No "land" to go back to, so to the boats. Canada and the USA most Viet. boat people are southern Chinese.

[@wisdomtan490]

There are no China top leaders to assist her in these plans. Therefore , the top China Chinese might not want to be implicated over here if they are involved in the 1st place .

[@Gaming_Antics]

@@user-zf3xb3qx8w stop with the disinformation. Most boat people are Vietnamese and there were Chinese Vietnamese’s, but to say all boat people are Chinese is a lie.

[@user-nu4yd3yg5x]

Now imagine this on a bigger scale where the people in power are actually controlling everything and above the law? Will never come to light.

[@mobaili3770]

Well, VN is doing fine in dealing with corruption cases. Unlike, the Ph almost all the scammers and the corrupt are living free.

[@DavidLe-xw2qf]

do you know that the Vietnamese communist prime minister salary is about 15 million VND a month (about 900 AUD), but he and other communist officials live a lavish life. they are all corrupted

[@globalnetizen956]

Because the economy is controlled by Chinese in the Philippines and they bought up all the gov officers.

[@challism]

No, VN is not doing fine. Don't be fooled.

[@mobaili3770]

@@challism Who the hell are you? Are you an anti-VN Chinese?

[@sebastianniqvist3144]

She bought 3 banks and merged them to form SCB bank, how did she get the money to buy 3 banks?

[@chithiennguyen1371]

her husband is the cousin to a billionaire from Hongkong.

[@tomnguyen6327]

Government support her .

[@Slamjam88]

So much corruption in Vietnam.

[@chithiennguyen1371]

@@Slamjam88 corruption happens in any country, why surprises about it in Vietnam.

[@purplerose9041]

@@chithiennguyen1371It happens more often in Vietnam (or any communist country) than other developed countries. Every week, local newspapers in Vietnam report high-ranking government officials got caught over corruptions.

[@gautambatwar7231]

A movie.... must be made on this subject 🎉

[@josephwallis8965]

A 3 years TV weekly series ? maybe with a few billion$ cash running around Ho Chi Ming at any time ?n Half of the government is on her pay check

[@MetroJosh]

Ask netflix to fight for her .. to get the actual story 😂..

[@ragas2845]

Ok i will tell Mahesh bhatt.

[@tracysharp1361]

These people are all copying Western ways of corruption thievery lieing scamming.

[@luongo7886]

First Post forgot to mention that this woman con artist and her family are ALL CHINESE!!! They are one of the few chinese who somehow made their way into the inner circle of Vietnamese elites. And now, they are ALL IN JAIL for STEALING $45 BILLION, NOT just $12B. The $45 BILLION that these CHINESE THIEVES STOLE from Vietnam were transferred to CHINA to construct roads and bridges. The Vietnamese authorities are working round the clock to get the money back. SHAME ON CHINESE THIEVES AND CRIMINALS!!

[@trungnguyen2097]

The money was not decided equally among corrupt officials that why this scam was revealed.

[@challism]

100%

[@chairpants]

Lol😂

[@Rantsack]

It's so funny that criminals get their faces blurred, but the victims don't. WTF is wrong with the news and this world.

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

What victims? The government?

[@RVS-pj6bd]

"When you hear the word scam, what do you think of these days?" - India! India is renowned with scams and is probably the only country that does not investigate or put scammers behind bars. Bravo to Vietnam for doing something about it.

[@holyphuc4524]

The news lady is a coincidence right? 😶

[@alexi2460]

This will make a good movie, great reporting. There can never be enough checks and balances. Look at Mayalsia, government officials are conveniently deaf and blind

[@tg988]

Wah Bossku you’re here. Death penalty unlike Bossku got 50% discount.

[@Wjill2]

Amazing that I am seeing this here and not on national news

[@boydr7160]

Corruption is the rule not the exception in Vietnam for many years, this will not change in one day.

[@old-gamer-01]

Yeah Vietnam was like out of the industry.

[@freedomrulesjavier3904]

Whats the Old saying? "Borrow so much they can't foreclose on your loan lest they go bankrupt themselves"

[@cornpopwasabaddude4729]

Most often a person is being put on trial is a victim of being used as an escape goat by the organized officials. This is the kind of corruption happening in mostly third countries where the victims are the poor, ignornace or political oponents.

[@user-zf3xb3qx8w]

Scapegoats are used in corporate America and the UK, Europe., and ALL politics in industrial countries, AND in your own job.

[@heijimikata7181]

True, but not in this case.

[@cornpopwasabaddude4729]

@@heijimikata7181 : LOL, in this case, she could be a normal business woman who had government officers behind her. When she became a "Big Whale", then they wack her. It's how mafia works.

[@heijimikata7181]

@@cornpopwasabaddude4729 Heavily connected and backed? Sure, that’s how big businesses work in Vietnam, and it’s always a must, not a may. The important think to remember is that she has always been wealthy, yet decided to feed her own greed anyway.

[@cornpopwasabaddude4729]

@@heijimikata7181 : Not just in Vietnam, this stuff can happen in any corrupted country. Heck, have you been following politician in USA? Look at Joe Biden & his corrupted family. At this point he has backup by his army of corrupted politicians & media. Nothing happens to him yet since he keeps feeding them with people's tax dollars. Until he is no longer in power, they all will go after him because citizens starting to arrest each one of them corrupted politicians.

[@nghianguyen-wy4tn]

According to Tien Phong and Thanh Nien, two state controlled news papers, Truong My Lan took more than 42 billion US dollars from the SCB bank, not $12 billion of dollars.

[@Martin_Priesthood]

12 B in Vietnam? How big is the countrys economy

[@vietquoctrinh7648]

The scam involved 43 billions USD from SCB bank loans, a ginormous total that is roughly 10.5% of Vietnam 2023 GDP.

[@MavLys]

It is equivalent to 75% of remittances sent by overseas Vietnamese/non-resident Vietnamese to Vietnam in 2023.

[@Martin_Priesthood]

@@MavLys 👍👍. That's allot of dough, totally genius she managed to hide it for so long. And she knew the right place to hide, where no one would think of looking.

[@jerryle379]

​@@vietquoctrinh7648known GDP 😉 if include shadow economy it will be 600+

[@afierosycollins3838]

she is 9x richer than the vietnamese richest, such a final boss, the money come from our 5% gdp of the poor like use

[@impermanentworld3269]

Numerous VC high ranked officials are in it together with her to scam (it’s what they do best). However, they have to “sacrifice” only her to cover all others

[@ThatMichaelTGuy]

She looked at Sam Bankman-Fried and said "hold my Pho bowl."

[@monipenny408]

nothing new really, such practices are practically normal by U$ standards, where most U$ politicians have inside knowledge....take Pelosi and husband seems to have tons of shares and stocks at the right time.

[@mckoylach1622]

Corruptions in Cambodia,seems to be the norms,because it’s happening all over the country,from all levels,it maybe legal…corruption keeps the country from developing…

[@marklogan3813]

Exactly!!! She didn't do this on her OWN!!!!!

[@zapfanzapfan]

The cynic in me wonders who she failed to pay off...

[@ronnelacido1711]

those who are out of the circle of her masters

[@tonypedersen6502]

The driver.

[@challism]

Yup. That's exactly how it works.

[@warbaby7674]

They need to investigate Cambodia

[@buddha199115]

The announcer and journalists of India should investigate the most corrupted and scam country of the world, india. This announcer is famous for pointing fingers at others not her own.

[@globalnetizen956]

Every countries in SA including Singapore.

[@leelaylieu1239]

Cambodia is run by Chinese and Cambodian governments are just the face of

[@challism]

"they" Who is they? I'm guessing "they" are the people in power. And they surely won't investigate themselves. Get real. Cambodia is corrupt, sure. So is every country and every government. Nothing new under the sun.

[@russianengland31]

Absolutely. They never stop building here

[@people_are_sheep]

Nothing ever really changes in Asia.

[@RioGadde]

IN INDIA WE GO THIS SCAM AND AS WELL USA, AUSTRALIA AS WELL!

[@phunk8607]

All the scam in Australia comes form bloody India scam

[@starfox8006]

Yeah we know and you wonder why people don't like your kind. You prey on the vulnerable and elderly. Smelly curry peeple.

[@kelvinth30]

Smart woman , but paper can never cover up fire

[@Sam023QU29]

Guess not smart enough

[@ennmin]

This is so interesting !

[@arewealone9969]

When I hear the word scam, the world thinks of India.

[@aruji-sama]

That's called racism.

[@freebees1413]

@@aruji-samascam is not a race. I do agree with the comment, when I hear or read the word scam I too think of India. It’s not racist it’s just an observation that India has a large portion of those scam callers.

[@-rate6326]

​@@freebees1413 it's visible scam. Americans have been doing invisible scams. Can't say about crypto scams, american hacker hacked Indian hospital, virus scams, they are have doing this for years now. Volume of these scams is far larger than those of Indian scam calls.

[@-rate6326]

What about the University scams in usa? That's more 15 billion dollars. That's just ignorance at this point. It's funny how american blame Indian while fbi is unable to control american hackers. 235 million dollar just by one group of hacker from India. At this point you are delusional. You should think of usa when you hear word scam..

[@Pats308]

How dare you. India is not a scam country as long as you don’t go and get a gift card from Walmart.

[@user-jb1mw5fj3f]

She took money from the rich and corrupted officers. Vietnamese poor and middle class don't have that kind of cash.

[@popcorn6931]

Corruption makes the world turn

[@flyaway5350]

All I can say is WOW! That is one elaborate and well thought out BILLIONS $$$ scam. Amazing she got away for so long.

[@locngo]

Through the bank she owns, she gives loans to her own companies. Which, by law, can simply default through bankcrupcy. They don't have a case in fact. To be allowed to own a bank in VN is no easy thing to do im the first place. She simply figured out a glitch in the legal system. And now somehow a civil case is criminalised and she getting executed.

[@AnodaTech]

It's called a scam for goodness sake.

[@vanchien5874]

If you said so, Sam Bankman should be innocent with his FTX crypto too.

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

Conflict of interest. She was using other people other people money through loan amount that would be impossible for other to obtains with little collateral. Thang Lon khong biet thi may im di.

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

The bank is out of $12.4 billions from investor and depositor. It’s in her property holdings so how it’s not a crime.

[@lesliehuynh7086]

Only when everything is legit. But this evil from hell manip;ulated officials, falsified papers, properties, bribed executives, officials, auditors, created a thousand shell companies, evil's husband, of Hong Kong, China man, also involved/arrested. Funny how some thinks this is "simply, by law, business bankcrupcy...."

[@simewood2040]

This is certainly effecting a lot of people and the death penalty is on the table. How much money does anyone really need?

[@mychelequach2234]

Greed is what ultimately took her down….was it worth it?

[@naughtyUphillboy]

A driver , I heard, how ???????????

[@THEBIGGAME683]

Dang, so cool!!!

[@phinadelphiahlongwane3485]

She can't make it out of this one . She is dead..she can also feel it ..

[@everydaylifeswakopmund4318]

Namibia please follow suit...go Vietnam

[@HsingSun]

Since 1995, many investors went back to Vietnam and they made a real good fortune.

[@vieiradosreismariadelurdes9105]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnXMeGN3etxjr7ssi=1MxT-nwdYfS4fy1N

[@mho4228]

The trail will be swift and not allowed to be prolonged. Greed is too evil to be continued.

[@hof5943]

The driver's dairy sounds like a plant by some party ( government agencies) with vested interest in her assets.

[@chinaboss6683]

Ofc they will take a cut as always.

[@globalnetizen956]

Everything is conspiracy to you, sound like a product of USA.

[@challism]

Agreed. No Vietnamese driver would be so organized to keep such accurate (or any) records.

[@carlotristandumelod2223]

Sana ganito rin sa pilipinas

[@visionary8779]

What’d you mean? To have a 12 billion dollar scam? Tfs wrong witchu..

[@tomnguyen6327]

Who still wants to do business in Vietnam?

[@user-we6bk8kt1s]

Now VN government officers have a huge share of trillion dollars in the pockets...😮😅 The investors supposed lost all the money.

[@bigred8438]

When I hear the word scam?...here in Australia I think of someone on the other end of the phone with an Indian accent sadly.

[@danhoang6335]

My guess is she had a fall out with the top.

[@unvcht5046]

They just found this in a diary imagine all the other people who are scamming for much more money, 50 or 200 billion or $1 trillion plus

[@cryptoinside8814]

So depositors just lose their money ? How can this lost of money go on for 10 years without anyone noticing ?

[@vietcongbuondanbannuocphan1791]

Thew Vietcong noticed . But they dont care, because they got Kickback

[@loangxuong9863]

The former central bank director received at least 5 million dollars form her.

[@ronnelacido1711]

Depositors losing their money? I know! They "authorized" the banks to invest in financial products that went belly up. "Sorry, sir. Just bad decision. Would you like a calendar for free?"

[@brucelee5576]

Because money is kept in the bank not under the mattress .

[@dadevi]

The driver set her up. There's no way he had time to count all that cash if he was actually doing his job. This makes me wonder who paid him to tell on his boss.

[@elto888]

At least they set a 2 month trial, if found guilty death. Try how court timing runs in a further south pertaining to a fractional scandal allegation.

[@pubguc6771]

From 27 COUNTRIES to European union commission parliament? Pay what is subject

[@namsonbui1491]

Lan is overseas vietnamese , she isn't really vietnamses native !! a Chinese origin

[@alexsoon8784]

as in a Viet Kieu?

[@namsonbui1491]

@@alexsoon8784 Yeah she is ! Viet Kieu is little bit wider and well known as a refugee in US but Lan is a Typhoon of Saigon Real-estate and the worthiest family in Saigon's Chinatown

[@nini9731]

Vietnam Gov. took free money from them. Because they are blood relationship with HK billionaire. It's happening all the time in Vietnam all decade. Don't invest in Vietnam they're most coruption country in south east asia.

[@wisdomtan490]

So what the heck ? She was born in Vietnamese n lived there until today more than 60 years .

[@sallyk84]

Only when it's sensational, your channel will cover the news. Kindly investigate the booking holdings scam.

[@morningstararun6278]

If she did the same in India, she would be praised by online Indian entrepreneurs. Even in the worst case, she would have been safely escorted to the city(London)that hosts some of the world's financial frauds, by the Indian bureaucrats. Socialist countries must put up a fight gainst Neo Liberal financial capitalism. It is both unproductive and corrupt to core. Make an example out of this blasphous lady.

[@randomlifts]

Also, India

[@teresaregatcho6386]

Death penalty for a wealthy woman?😢 ........Greed. We are poor but we are content what we have...

[@marketwizard1977]

speak for yourself

[@meenoz]

“When you hear the word ‘scam’, what do you think of?” asked an Indian lady. 😅

[@jimmy8mbb]

She can't do it ALONE Corruption buys everything

[@tp661]

Vietnam, why im i not surprise.

[@lestercombs1871]

Wow

[@dhhbtd]

Some government officials approached her and showed her how to set up this whole scam. She doesn’t even have a college degree and had admitted knowing nothing about banking.

[@Sly2C]

Another evidence for foreign companies not to invest in Vietnam.

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

Foreign companies do invest in Vietnam. Many parts of your computer and phone comes from Vietnam regardless of the brand. Many factories that are vital to world economy are in Vietnam

[@BlackHawkTejas]

What unites Capitalism & Communism? Corruption & Bribe!

[@rico2207]

How much was directed to Bidens???

[@vickietran6234]

It is indeed the trial of the century. When normal civilian like myself first heard about this case, the numbers had me speechless... like... I could not even count how many zeros there were =)))))) The numbers are unfathomable to us normal people.😅😅😅😅😅

[@LordFancy]

When I think of scam I think of the media and government

[@Pringlelover]

The government need to disclose what it’s going to do with the recovered money. Will it be given back to the people who it was stolen from? Will it be put into the economy? Will it be used to help charitable/good causes? The public need to know how the money is going to be used.

[@Observer168]

How about investing all the scam call centres from India?

[@cmlosaria]

A driver kept a diary... Think about that

[@Rafotofilmsproductions]

I love Vietnam Law, i want to live in a Country like that

[@oceanwaves3139]

one wouldn't be surprised if TML will live somewhere quietly when all dust is settled; money and corruption will certainly make that a great possibility.

[@drinny26]

Stop voting for politicians. Vote for normal people who just want to do the right thing and make a difference.

[@kengleetan63]

Now ppl here get to know why Singapore is the TOP and I mean the very TOP nation in the entire South East Asia and even beyond! Richest too if I may add. 😆😆😆😆

[@teodolosaravea5356]

That's huge scam.

[@Tha66]

នៅកម្ពុជាមានឧញ៉ាបោកប្រាស់យកប្រាក់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទៅវិនិយោគ២០០លានដុល្លារជាងឥឡូវប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនាំគ្នាស្រែយំ។ ឥឡូវធ្លាយមកដល់វៀតណាមទៀត!😂

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

Well, at least the Vietnam is actually doing something to curb such corruption, unlike India is thriving on it - from the very small villages to all the way up to the current _'ruling party'._

[@desireco]

She just wanted to do good and got carried away... just kiddin', I bet she donated a lot to government officials...

[@Sam023QU29]

I want to hear more about the rape case in India

[@williamlloyd3769]

Whatever happened to governance and audit?

[@Mr.KenCoded]

What greed can not do does not exist

[@sunnienie239]

so many Corruptions in Vietnam as well in Cambodia

[@rajithwickramasekera7224]

Well done

[@tech4life884]

Thank you for being the 1st reporter to pronounce Sam Bankman Fried correctly. In no language does (Fried) get pronounced as (Freed). Not a single one. It's FRIED like Fried Chicken.

[@OYT95]

When I hear the word "scam" Indian call center comes to my mind 😂😂😂

[@trilingualkid]

LMAO 4:19 the blurt out her face on one shot while showing the rest 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yiangpa5236]

That's what happens when you don't listen.. the blurred part was only in the court proceedings. If you listened to the video instead of passing useless comments the narrator said "they were kind enough to blur out her face inside the court"

[@trilingualkid]

@@yiangpa5236 thats what happen when you dont fully comprehend what you read...I said they blurt out her face for a section of the video while showing the rest, wtf does that have to do with the court proceeding? If they would have blurt out the entire video then that would have made more sense, what's the point of showing her face and blurt it out during the court video? does it give her any sense of privacy and anonymity? the answer is no, that is why it is funny. get it now? or do I need to dumb it down more?

[@user-md1vs4wj1z]

@@trilingualkidthe blurring visuals were taken from the televised trail. This channel didn’t blur her face the network televising the trail did. It’s common law in Vietnamese and hong Kong to blur the faces of the criminally accused if they are to be televised on national tv.

[@nelsontan8178]

this will never tarnish vietnam's image...this will even place vietnam in a better position as it shows it will not tolerate such crime...

[@kittyind]

Vietnam still has the death penalty, which includes for corruption. Unlike other countries. it is considered as white collar and sentenced with a slap on the wrist, minimum penalty. I have huge respect for Vietnam.

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

How genius how? Even the Vietnamese who are business minded are skeptical of government banking regulation now, when they are just starting to believing in the banking institution . Most Vietnamese still keep a 500KG safe in their house and keep their saving at their house. The banking phenomenal is just widely accepted in Vietnam in the late 1990s.

[@nelsontan8178]

@@LanNguyen-vd4zt how... by persecuting and punishing people with crimes like these with no exemptions... there so many scammers and bank issues in other countries and yet they still trust the country and the institution... this how the country shows that it is willing to work to make things right... there is no one perfect system that could protect ones money... btw... vietnamese are not the only ones that still have safes in their homes enlightened one...

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

@@nelsontan8178 Did you actually read what I write. Vietnamese people still have 500 Kg safe at home and put their life saving in the safe.

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

@@nelsontan8178 How its won’t tarnished Vietnam image? When the whole country is filled with corrupted official. This is just tip of the iceberg. Her husband is a know Hong Kong Triad member. Besides embezzling and using the bank as her own ATM, she has been laundering money for the Hong Kong triad for years, since 2011 when she merged all 3 banks under one SCB. All the regulating body of banking, the national police, the government knew this. Even the common Vietnamese peoples knew this and yet they didn’t stop her til now when the bank reserve is drying up. Are you a 10 years old. Or am I missing something here. Do you even live in Vietnam or have relative that live in Vietnam to understand the magnitude of this scandal and how it impact foreign investment into Vietnam and make the Vietnamese people to be more distrustful of their government and public officials and big corporation. All it’s let people know that you can run your scam, just as you have the $$ to bribe. Once the money run dry the gig is up. Is that the message you want to send to the ordinary Vietnamese who want to bank and foreign investment. Yes, people in other country also have a safe in their house, but do they keep all their life saving and generational wealth in that safe is the questions ? If you are not Vietnamese then stay quiet.

[@davidwong4821]

Capitalist crime in Vietnam, that’s capitalism.

[@user-lz1pn8ih8k]

This entire world is a scam. Everybody out for the money.

[@lasereyes555]

It’s a commy country. What do you expect?

[@BTx789]

So what will she do with all the money she took away from her bank? Billions of dollars is too much to spend

[@ngandang96]

Spending, buying properties and funding new projects

[@old-gamer-01]

Restore confidence in Vietnam??? WAF, they have a huge credit, just keep taxing cash ;) P.S. Nothing to restore, one person is not a whole country, Vietnal cool ;).

[@gentlemagicman]

hey thanks for some nice words