hanoi, july 2 - a vietnamese court has sentenced four soccer referees, three of them fifa-accredited, to between four and seven years mbt uk in jail for bribery and match-fixing.

vietnam has vowed to stamp out match-fixing in the country's most popular sport following a series of high-profile

scandals which led to the arrest of dozens of players and referees.

the four sentenced and five others -- including three referees -- went on trial in hanoi last week.

ugg boots sale v-league referee luong trung viet was sentenced to seven years in jail for "broking for bribery" even though prosecutors

had sought a term of up to 12 years for him, the online vnexpress (vnexpress.net) newspaper said on monday.

viet received about 110 million dong ($6,800) from dong a bank-pomina steel club in 2004 and later gave 99 million dong sheepskin uggs

of the money to other referees, the newspaper said.

fifa-accredited referees pham huu loc and truong the toan were ugg classic mini boots sentenced to four years in jail while a national-ranked

referee got 4-? years in prison, the vnexpress said, citing the hanoi people's court verdict.

a third fifa-accredited referee, le van tu, was handed ugg mayfaire boots a two-year suspended sentence for taking bribes. another two

referees and two football club officials received suspended terms of between 2-? years and three years.