Wednesday 05 April 2006, 14:50 Makka Time, 11:50 GMT

Aljazeera - A corruption scandal that forced a Vietnamese government minister to quit and also mired his entire department in controversy has now drawn the World Bank's involvement.

Dao Dinh Binh, the transport minister, stood down on Tuesday when, Nguyen Viet Tien, his deputy, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a major embezzlement scam.

The scam saw the ministry's Project Management Unit (PMU) 18 loot millions of dollars, including foreign investment, that was intended for infrastructure...

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Posted by rjorr at April 5, 2006 8:11 AM