Vietnam court may commute tycoon's death sentences if she repays $11 billion

Moreover, if she repays at least three-quarters of the misappropriated funds, the court may consider commuting her sentence to life imprisonment,

he said

The total value of her holdings actually exceeds the required compensation amount,

lawyer Nguyen Huy Thiep told the BBC before her appeal was rejected

However, these require time and effort to sell, as many of the assets are real estate and take time to liquidate,

Nguyen said

The consequences Lan caused are unprecedented in the history of litigation and the amount of money embezzled is unprecedentedly large and unrecoverable,

the prosecution was quoted as saying at the appeal hearing by state-run online newspaper VietnamNet

The defendant’s actions have affected many aspects of society, the financial market, the economy,

it said

Vietnamese laws don't have specific provisions on the time limit for carrying out the death sentence once the appellate verdict takes effect,

Nghia said

I feel pained due to the waste of national resources,

Lan said last week