Dinh La Thang sentenced to 13 years in jail ( FILE ) - Dinh La Thang , former Chairman of the Member Council of PetroVietnam ( L ) , is escorted by policemen to the courtroom before the trial of 22 officials in Hanoi , Vietnam , 08 January 2018 ( reissued 22 January 2018 ) . A court in Vietnam has sentenced on 22 January 2018 , Dinh La Thang to 13 years in prison for economic mismanagement over losses in state oil firm PetroVietnam , and Trinh Xuan Thanh to life imprisonment for embezzlement and mismanagement . Vietnam has put on trial 22 officials , including former chairmen of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation ( PVC ) Dinh La Thang and Trinh Xuan Thanh , who was reportedly kidnapped on a street in Berlin by Vietnamese secret service , for alleged ' wrongdoings . ' EPA / STRINGER VIETNAM OUT ▶ 기사 제보 및 문의 ▶ 기자 와 1 : 1 채팅    ▶ 평창동 계 올림픽 영상 공모전