Two former Vinashin Ocean executives have been handed the death penalty after an embezzlement trial in Vietnam.

Giang Kim Dat and Tran Van Liem were the former business manager and director-general of the subsidiary of state-owned shipbuilder Vinashin.

The group nearly collapsed under huge debts run up during the financial crisis of the last decade.

A Hanoi court convicted the duo of personally banking VND 260bn ($11.3m)