The Hanoi People's Court on April 29 sentenced former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong to six years in prison for "abusing position and power while performing duties” under Article 356, Clause 3 of the Penal Code, following a week-long trial concerning irregularities in a solar power case.
Defendants from the investor, contractor, valuation unit, and project consulting unit colluded and engaged in bidding fraud, violating procurement regulations to secure Package No. 8 for AIC, causing a loss of over 17 billion VND (over 665,000 USD) for the state.
The Hanoi People's Court opened the first-instance trial on March 10, bringing eight defendants to justice over the deadly fire that engulfed a nine-story mini apartment building on Khuong Ha street, Khuong Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi on September 12, 2023, claiming 56 lives and leaving 44 others injured.
The Hanoi People's Court on December 27 sentenced 17 defendants in the second phase of the rescue flight case on charges of “giving bribes, accepting bribes, abusing positions and power while performing duties, and concealing crimes”.
The Hanoi People's Court sentenced Duong Van Thai to 12 years in prison, with an additional three years of probation for making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents or materials aiming to oppose the State, at a first-instance trial on October 30.
The Hanoi People's Court on January 3 commenced the first-instance trial of 38 defendants involving in a case at Viet A Technology JSC, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), and relevant units and organisations.
Twelve people involved in violations of banking operations at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) will be brought to trial on July 20, according to the Hanoi People’s Court.
The Hanoi court opened on March 19 a trial for Dinh La Thang and six accomplices charged with wrongdoings in PetroVietnam’s investment of 800 billion VND into OceanBank.
The Hanoi People’s Court began the trial of Dinh La Thang and his accomplices accused of wrongdoings at PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) on January 8.
