Jailed Vietnam airline mogul is back to work with South Korean talks

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20260202 Bamboo airlines chairman Trinh Van Quyet

Trinh Van Quyet, the founder of FLC Group, left, met with South Korean Ambassador to Vietnam Choi Youngsam at the Korean Embassy in Hanoi in late January. (From FLC Group homepage)

LIEN HOANG

February 5, 2026 11:30 JST

HO CHI MINH CITY -- A property and airline tycoon whose fraud case had become a test of Vietnam's corruption clampdown has made a flashy return to office.

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