Vietnam police arrest Interpol fugitive and bank fraud suspect

Vietnamese authorities have arrested several high-profile fugitives and suspects in separate criminal investigations.

In Thanh Hoa, Nguyen Thi Van, a deputy bank director at the Cooperative Bank of Vietnam, was detained for abusing her position to defraud acquaintances. Van allegedly used forged deposit contracts and bank seals to misappropriate billions of dong for personal use, including 5 billion VND from one victim and 1.5 billion VND from another.

In a major international cooperation success, police in Hanoi apprehended Tran Dinh Trung, an Interpol Red Notice fugitive. Trung had been hiding by working as a crew member on fishing vessels under a false identity. He was intercepted by authorities on a boat approximately 50 nautical miles from Nam Du Island.

Additionally, Bùi Văn Nhượng, a murder suspect wanted by Thanh Hoa police, was captured in the mountainous region of Lao Cai. Nhượng had been evading capture since 2019 after committing a murder in Cambodia, hiding in remote gold mining areas to avoid detection. He has been handed over to Thanh Hoa authorities for legal processing.