Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in Ho Chi Minh City for her role in Vietnam’s largest-ever financial fraud case, according to state media. Lan, the 67-year-old chairwoman of real estate company Van Thinh Phat, received the sentence for running a huge financial scam that caused losses to a state bank of 677 trillion Vietnamese Dong ($27 billion) – more than 6% of the country’s 2022 gross domestic product (GDP). According to online newspaper VnExpress, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City found Lan guilty of bribery, embezzlement and vi…