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Article: Vietnam orders new probe into alleged corruption in national telecom company
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- May 19, 2004
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AP Worldstream
05-19-2004
Dateline: HANOI, Vietnam
Vietnam's prime minister has ordered a new probe into alleged corruption at the country's state-owned telecommunications company, official media reported Wednesday.
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has demanded the establishment of a high-level team to re-examine state inspectors' earlier report on alleged irregularities at Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corp., or VNPT _ which controls most of the country's telecoms sector _ the Vietnam News Agency said.
The team would look into the company's equipment bidding process, its high telecom charges and its profit-sharing arrangement with Swedish telecom company Comvik, the agency said.
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