(Reuters) — Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offenses from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing ...

Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday voted to remove the death penalty for several offenses, including embezzlement, sparing the life of a tycoon whose $12 billion fraud conviction riveted the nation.

HANOI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Thursday handed a life sentence to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan on financial fraud charges, after she was sentenced to death in April in a separate ...