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Vietnam officials on trial over Covid-19 flight bribes

HANOI — More than a dozen Vietnamese officials went on trial in the capital Hanoi on Tuesday for alleged corruption over repatriation flights during the coronavirus pandemic, a scandal that saw 54 people jailed last year.

The case is part of a major antigraft drive that has led to the resignation of a president and two deputy prime ministers in a Southeast Asian country where political changes are usually carefully orchestrated.

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