Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad...

Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad for defrauding investors out of 1.6 million dollars. Giao, the director of a privately-owned construction company, was sentenced to death by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party's Nhan Dan newspaper said. His deputy, Nguyen van Trung, was given a 12-year jail sentence.