8/25/2012

Second tycoon arrested amid bank run in Vietnam

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August 23, 2012, AFP

HANOI — Vietnam arrested another top banker Thursday, state media said, widening a police probe into the communist country's banking sector which has rattled markets and triggered a run on deposits.

The arrest of Ly Xuan Hai for "deliberate wrongdoing causing serious consequences" came just hours after the Asia Commercial Bank announced he had resigned from the position of director general, Thanh Nien online reported.

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