Hanoi, Nov 12, 2025 (AFP) - Vietnam jails two former officials in $100 million gambling trial

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2025-11-12

A court in Vietnam handed jail sentences on Wednesday to two former local officials who wagered millions of dollars under false foreign names, in a closely-watched gambling trial, state media reported. The pair were part of an illegal gambling ring run by South Koreans out of a swanky Hanoi hotel and comprising more than 140 people, prosecutors had alleged. The outfit was said to include former government and communist party officials, entertaine......

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