VIETNAM JEWELLER RATTLED BY EX-OFFICIAL’S ARREST OVER INDIA-HONG KONG GEM-SMUGGLING RING

AT A GLANCE

Phu Nhuan Jewellery, Vietnam’s largest listed jeweller, is facing a crisis of confidence after police detained the former head of its gem certification subsidiary over his alleged links to a transnational… Shares in PNJ, as the company is known, have plummeted more than 25 per cent since news of the investigation broke in early July.

Police accuse Dang Ngoc Thao, the former director of wholly owned unit PNJ Laboratory, of involvement in a criminal network that allegedly...

KEY FACTS

• Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on VIETNAM, JEWELLER, RATTLED, OFFICIAL, ARREST.
• Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
• Published: 15 Jul 2026, 03:51 UK.
• Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.

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• News - South China Morning Post: Phu Nhuan Jewellery, Vietnam’s largest listed jeweller, is facing a crisis of confidence after police detained the former head of its gem certification subsidiary over his alleged links to a transnational…
• News - South China Morning Post: Shares in PNJ, as the company is known, have plummeted more than 25 per cent since news of the investigation broke in early July.
• News - South China Morning Post: Police accuse Dang Ngoc Thao, the former director of wholly owned unit PNJ Laboratory, of involvement in a criminal network that allegedly...

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