According to a KPMG report, the details of which were obtained by Der Spiegel, a Mr. Le Tan Cuong received an unusual payment from Siemens in the amount of 241,515 euros in March of 2006. it is unclear as yet whether this is the same Le Tan Cuong who serves in Vietnam's Department for Managing Industrial and Exporting Processing Zones under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. So far Vietnamese officials have indicated that the existence of the two Cuongs is merely coincidental.

-- MDT

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