Balanced News: Corruption crackdown creates traffic jam at Vietnam Register

In January, Vietnam Register Director Dang Viet Ha and former director Tran Ky Hinh were both arrested on charges of accepting bribes. The investigation has expanded over the past three months, with  employees across the country being investigated, prosecuted and fired in connection with allegations they also took bribes and forged documents to pass unroadworthy vehicles. Now, the registry is even having to use 12 staff who are being probed for wrongdoing to reopen two centers in Hanoi. The Ministry of Public Security has reported that the number of registrars still working has dropped to around 1,500 people, and that the motor vehicle inspection system is 486 people short.