The case file determined that in 2020 and 2021, Viet A Company produced a total of more than 8.7 million test kits and sold more than 8.3 million kits to medical units and facilities across the country.
This business was paid more than 4.5 million test kits with a total amount of 2,250 billion VND.
Investigation results determined that Viet A Company spent nearly 365 billion VND to buy raw materials, plus other costs, taxes and 5% profit, the production cost of 1 test kit is more than 143,000 VND. However, Viet A Company raised the price many times and was approved by the Ministry of Health when negotiating the price, to sell it to the market at 470,000 VND/1 test kit.
Group of defendants at the first instance trial.
The prosecution concluded that Viet A Company illegally profited 1,235 billion VND, causing losses to the State of more than 432 billion VND.
To obtain a commercial production license, Viet A General Director Phan Quoc Viet and his accomplices bribed former officials with hundreds of billions of dong. In particular, bribed former Minister Nguyen Thanh Long with 2.25 million USD; Chu Ngoc Anh was given 200,000 USD; Pham Xuan Thang was given 100,000 USD…
According to the jury, each defendant in the case is a “link”, forming a long chain of violations. Among them, Phan Quoc Viet is the mastermind and leader throughout.
After the first instance hearing, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Phan Quoc Viet, Trinh Thanh Hung, Pham Duy Tuyen (former Director of CDC Hai Duong), Nguyen Nam Lien (former Director of Financial Planning of the Ministry of Health)… filed an appeal. Please reduce the penalty
Viet A Company also filed an appeal with the request not to confiscate to the state fund the amount of money determined to be illegally benefited from selling test kits to organizations and individuals who were not considered. prosecuted in the case.
This business also requires organizations that purchase its tests without going through bidding procedures to pay according to the signed contract…
In addition, a number of individuals with related rights and obligations also appealed to the Court of Appeal to consider the relevant assets.
In the case there is former Minister Nguyen Thanh Long; former Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Pham Xuan Thang; Former Minister of Science and Technology, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh, are both former members of the Party Central Committee. After the first instance hearing, Mr. Thang and Mr. Ngoc Anh did not appeal.
