Government Office specialist arrested in repatriation flight bribery scandal

Nguyen Tien Than, an international relations specialist at the Government Office. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Public Security

An international relations specialist at the Government Office has been detained for allegedly accepting bribes while organizing Covid-19 repatriation flights.

Nguyen Tien Than, 42, was the 17th official arrested in the eight months since the investigation into the repatriation flight scandal was expanded, To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said Thursday.

Vietnam had operated around 2,000 repatriation flights to bring home residents stranded overseas due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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