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How will public opinion in Vietnam shift regarding penalties for corruption by end of 2025?
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Increased support for harsh penalties • 25%
Decreased support for harsh penalties • 25%
No significant change • 25%
Other • 25%
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Vietnam's 68-Year-Old Tycoon Must Repay $9 Billion to Avoid Execution as Death Sentence Upheld
Dec 3, 2024, 07:29 AM
On Tuesday, a Vietnamese court upheld the death sentence for 68-year-old real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, one of Vietnam's wealthiest women, convicted of masterminding a multi-billion-dollar fraud, the largest in the country's history. The Supreme People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City rejected her appeal against convictions for embezzlement and bribery. She was found guilty of embezzling $12 billion and orchestrating a $1.2 billion bond fraud, causing severe financial losses to thousands of investors. The court stated that the damages caused were enormous and had extremely serious consequences. Under Vietnamese law, her life could still be spared if she repays 75% of the assets she embezzled, amounting to approximately $9 billion, which would commute her sentence to life imprisonment.
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Majority indifferent • 25%
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Majority oppose death penalty • 25%
Majority support death penalty • 25%
Decrease in support for death penalty • 25%
Increase in support for death penalty • 25%
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Widespread public protests • 25%
Divided opinion • 25%
Majority believe illegal • 25%
Other opinion • 25%
Majority believe legal • 25%
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Public opinion remains divided • 25%
Majority oppose conviction • 25%
Majority support conviction • 25%
Other • 25%
No significant change • 25%
Uncertain/Other • 25%
Increase in approval for presidential pardons • 25%
Decrease in approval for presidential pardons • 25%
A government official • 25%
A financial sector executive • 25%
Another real estate tycoon • 25%
Other individual • 25%
Unchanged • 25%
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Slightly more favorable • 25%
Significantly more favorable • 25%
Mixed opinions • 25%
No significant change • 25%
Decrease in support • 25%
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No protests • 25%
Large scale protests • 25%
Moderate scale protests • 25%
Small scale protests • 25%
Policy changes unrelated to this case • 25%
Minor policy adjustments • 25%
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No policy changes • 25%