A former senior provincial official in Vietnam took a $300,000 bribe to allow illegal sand mining in the Mekong Delta, state media said on December 12. Mining sand — mainly for concrete used in construction — has boomed in Vietnam in recent years, prompting dire warnings over the environmental impact of overexploitation. Police have recommended...

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