Hanoi, April 1 -- Representatives of the Hanoi People's Procuracy has recommended penalty for 23 defendants on charges including bribery, bidding violations, and accounting offences linked to Hoang Dan Investment and Construction One Member Co., Ltd., including a prison sentence of 4-5 years for former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD - now Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) Hoang Van Thang on the charge of receiving bribes under Article 354 of the Penal Code. At the first-instance trial for the case on April 1, prosecutors proposed 15-16 years in prison for Tran Van Lang, former Director of Project Management Unit No. 2; 7-8 years for Tran To Nghi, former Acting Director General of the MARD...