The Japan Times | Vietnam tries former oil executives in widened crackdown The Japan Times HANOI – Vietnam opened a major corruption trial Monday against defendants who include a former senior Communist official and a former oil executive the Vietnamese government is accused of snatching from Germany. Former Politburo member Dinh La Thang ... Trial of Vietnam oil executive allegedly kidnapped in Germany begins in Hanoi Vietnam starts high-profile trial over oil firm losses Vietnam oil exec 'kidnapped' from Germany goes on trial |