Hanoi Infrastructure Projects

Name of corrupted official:

- Hanoi Vice Mayor NGUYỄN Quốc Hùng.

- Hanoi Party Boss PHẠM Quang Nghị, a Politburo member.

- Security Colonel TRẦN Danh Lợi

- Former Hanoi Mayor NGUYỄN Văn Khôi

Project Name:

Hanoi Infrastructure Project

Date:

From 2009 to 2013

Disclosure in January 2015

Location:

Hanoi

Amount:

$1 billion USD (22,100 billion Vietnam đồng)

Nature of Crime:

Corruption

Disciplinary Authority:

The Construction Department

Current Status:

Investigating

Story:

The Vietnam's Construction Department disclosed in January 2015 the bad deeds of the officials in performing the road construction projects from 2003 to 2009. Also, there were signs of cronyism in human resources assignments and promotions. 

Link:

bit.ly/1y7BpOk

Đà Nẵng's Infrastructure Bribery & Corruption

Name:

1. Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG, USA)

2. Berger Group Holdings (LBH, a holding company)

Project Name:

Two projects LBG financed

1. Countryside Roads Project III (dự án Giao thông Nông thôn III)

2. Priority Investment For Đà Nẵng's Infrastructure (dự án Đầu tư Ưu tiên Cơ sở hạ tầng Đà Nẵng)

Date:

February 2, 2015

Location:

Đà Nẵng province

Vietnam

Amount:

Unknown

Nature of Crime:

LBG paid government officials a bribery to get the contract

Disciplinary Authority:

World Bank

Contact: Leonard Frank McCarthy, Deputy Director of Transparency

Disciplinary Authority Action:

February 4, 2015 WB ordered LBG 1-year stop its activity in Vietnam. WB also ordered LBH 1-year restricted activity

Link:

bit.ly/1EXMVhb