Hứa Xường, former TrustBank board member, called to surrender

The Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam has issued a call for Hứa Xường, a former board member of TrustBank, to surrender to authorities. Hứa Xường, the brother of businesswoman Hứa Thị Phấn, is currently wanted and believed to be in the United States, having departed Vietnam in 2017.

The Ministry of Public Security has recommended prosecution for Hứa Xường on charges of “intentionally violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences.” Previously, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud related to the Phú Mỹ Investment and Development Joint Stock Company.

In separate criminal incidents, police in Quảng Trị have detained two individuals, Ngô Chí Thanh and Nguyễn Thị Hồng Như, for robbing an 85-year-old woman of gold and cash to pay for room rent. Additionally, in Bắc Ninh, Lưu Thế Trưởng was arrested for a series of thefts targeting an elderly man on a bicycle. In Tây Ninh, authorities are investigating a traffic accident involving a worker transport vehicle that struck a motorcycle and a utility pole, resulting in serious injuries to the motorcyclist.