Persons accused of involving in wrongdoings at Advanced International JSC to stand trial
Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, Chairwoman and General Director of the Advanced International Joint Stock Company (AIC), and 35 others will be brought to trial on December 21 for their accused involvement in wrongdoings at the Dong Nai General Hospital, the AIC, and some others.
Many materials related to the case at the Advanced International Joint Stock Company (AIC) were seized by authorities. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, Chairwoman and General Director ofthe Advanced International Joint Stock Company (AIC), and 35 others will be brought to trial on December 21 for their accused involvement inwrongdoings at the Dong Nai General Hospital, the AIC, and some others.
Thefirst-instance trial, to be held by the Hanoi People’s Court, is scheduled tolast for 20 days.
Nhanand Tran Manh Ha, Deputy General Director of the AIC, were prosecuted for “violatingbidding regulations, causing serious consequences” and “offering bribes”.
TranDinh Thanh - former Secretary of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee, andDinh Quoc Thai - former Chairman of the Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee, face the charge of “accepting bribes”.
PhanHuy Anh Vu, former Director of the Dong Nai General Hospital and Director ofthe provincial Health Department, was charged with “violating bidding regulations,causing serious consequences” and “accepting bribes”.
Other defendants were accused of “abusing position and power while performingduties”, “violating bidding regulations, causing serious consequences”, and “lackinga sense of responsibility, causing serious consequences”.
More than 30 lawyers have registered to defend the accused. The court also appointedlawyers to defend the eight who have fled and been put on the wantedlist, including Nhan and Ha.
Accordingto the indictment issued by the Supreme People’s Procuracy, Nhan hadmastermined, led, and directly engaged in violations of bidding regulations,including setting up relations with officials in Dong Nai province, includingThanh, Thai, Vu, and Bo Ngoc Thu (then Director of the provincial Department ofPlanning and Investment), to suggest collusion and directly or indirectly orderher employees to offer money and material profit totaling 43.8 billion VND (nearly1.8 million USD at the current exchange rate) to these persons so that the AICcould illegally win bidding.
Shereportedly had directed Deputy General Directors Hoang Thi Thuy Nga and TranManh Ha, along with employees, to collude with the investor and consultingunits to facilitate the AIC to win bidding and falsify biddingpapers so that this company won 16 bidding packages worth over 665 billion VND ofthe Dong Nai Hospital project, causing losses of more than 152 billion VND.
TheSupreme People’s Procuracy held that Nhan’s escape has caused difficulties forthe settlement of the case.
Investigationagencies have put her on the national and international wanted lists. They havealso issued an appeal for Nhan to turn herself in to receive leniency./.
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Many materials related to the case at the Advanced International Joint Stock Company (AIC) were seized by authorities. (Photo: VNA) 
