The Price of Protection: Vietnam's Ex Politician Scandal Vietnam police have confirmed that Nguyen Sy Cuong, a former deputy chairman of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, was involved in a car crash last May in Hanoi that killed a teenager.
Cuong acknowledged his involvement during an interview on television, which was broadcast just days after people began leaving flowers at the accident site as a protest.
The authorities' handling of the situation has highlighted the limits of their control in Vietnam.