Hanoi Puts Corruption Cost at $2.1 Billion
<i> Reuters</i>
HANOI —
Massive corruption involving senior government officials has cost Vietnam more than $2.1 billion since June last year, the official newspaper Lao Dong (Labor) reported Friday.
Vietnam launched an anti-corruption campaign in June, 1990, to try to improve the economy and bolster the image of the ruling Communist Party.
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