HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam: Vietnam's top soft drinks tycoon was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday in a $40-million fraud case, the latest high-profile business figure snared in the Southeast Asian country's sweeping crackdown on corruption.

The communist nation's wide-ranging campaign to wipe out endemic graft has seen more than 4,400 people charged with criminal offenses, including officials and senior business figures.

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