HANOI: Police have arrested one of Vietnam’s richest businessmen as part of an investigation into banking fraud that could deepen investor concerns about the troubled sector.

Ha Van Tham, the former chairman of the private Ocean Bank, was taken into police custody Friday, the State Bank of Vietnam (central bank) said on its website.

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