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This sometimes causes civilian authorities to defer to military officials’ requests, including for resources and preferential treatments, which creates opportunities for corruption to thrive. The Vietnamese military is involved in a wide range of commercial activities, facilitated by its dominant role in Vietnamese politics. However, what has been exposed so far may only be the tip of the iceberg, as corruption in the military, believed to be widespread and deep-rooted, is generally difficult to detect and eradicate. The arrest of the five VCG generals and the disciplining of three generals at the Military Medical University who were implicated in the Viet A corruption scandal a few weeks ago are further feathers in the political caps of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who since 2016 have conducted a high-profile graft-busting campaign. Hien was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in late 2020 for allowing three military-owned plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred to private investors, causing losses of nearly US$40 million to the state. The highest-ranking officer that has been prosecuted is Nguyen Van Hien, a former navy commander and deputy defence minister. In the military alone, at least 20 generals have been disciplined or prosecuted since 2016. This is the latest in a series of recent corruption scandals that have led to the fall of dozens of senior officers in Vietnam’s military and public security forces. Those arrested include Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son (former VCG Commander), Lieutenant General Hoang Van Dong (former VCG Political Commissar), Major General Doan Bao Quyet (former VCG Deputy Political Commissar), Major General Pham Kim Hau (former VCG Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff), and Major General Bui Trung Dung (former VCG Deputy Commander). On 18 April 2022, five generals and two other senior officers of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Agency under the Ministry of National Defence pending investigations of different corruption charges, including embezzlement.