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Trial of ex-health minister in Covid test kit bribery case begins

Trial of ex-health minister in Covid test kit bribery case begins

The trial of former health minister Nguyen Thanh Long for allegedly taking bribes to let a company sell Covid-19 test kits at inflated prices opens in Hanoi Wednesday.
Company owner jailed for Covid test kit fraud

Company owner jailed for Covid test kit fraud

A businessman was imprisoned for 25 years Friday for abuse of power and fraud in a case related to making a new Covid-19 test kit.
December 29, 2023 | 06:46 pm PT
Former health minister to stand trial in Covid test kit scandal case

Former health minister to stand trial in Covid test kit scandal case

Former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long will be tried in court next month for taking $2.25 million as bribes to let a local company sell its Covid-19 test kit at hiked prices.
December 12, 2023 | 01:20 am PT
Former health minister charged for receiving $2.25M bribes in Covid test kit scandal

Former health minister charged for receiving $2.25M bribes in Covid test kit scandal

Former health minister Nguyen Thanh Long was charged on Friday with receiving $2.25 million as bribes to let a local company sell its Covid-19 test kit at hiked prices
September 30, 2023 | 04:00 am PT
Da Nang CDC chief imprisoned for Covid embezzlement scandal

Da Nang CDC chief imprisoned for Covid embezzlement scandal

Ton That Thanh, former director of the Da Nang Center for Disease Control (CDC), has been sentenced to 11 years for selling Covid-19 medical supplies meant to serve the public.
August 25, 2023 | 08:02 am PT
Business head accused of giving $3.17M bribes in Covid test kit scandal

Business head accused of giving $3.17M bribes in Covid test kit scandal

Phan Quoc Viet, CEO and chairman of Viet A Company, stands accused of having given bribes on 18 different occasions, including 15 times personally, to secure permits to sell a Covid-19 test kit at hiked prices.
August 21, 2023 | 11:34 pm PT
Former Hanoi chairman accused of incurring $800,000 loss over Covid test kit scam

Former Hanoi chairman accused of incurring $800,000 loss over Covid test kit scam

Former chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh has been accused of causing a loss of VND19 billion ($797,650) to state property for his involvement in a Covid-19 test kit scam.
August 18, 2023 | 02:22 am PT
Deputy PM's assistant arrested in Covid test kit scandal

Deputy PM's assistant arrested in Covid test kit scandal

Nguyen Van Trinh, assistant to a deputy prime minister, was detained Wednesday for alleged power abuse as Vietnam continued investigation into a massive Covid test kit scam.
November 30, 2022 | 05:06 pm PT
Hanoi appoints new chairman after dismissing scandalous predecessor

Hanoi appoints new chairman after dismissing scandalous predecessor

Tran Sy Thanh, auditor general of State Audit Office, was voted new chairman of Hanoi for the 2021-2026 term at a Hanoi legislators' meeting Friday.
July 22, 2022 | 02:43 am PT
Vietnam appoints acting health minister after predecessor sacked over test kit scandal

Vietnam appoints acting health minister after predecessor sacked over test kit scandal

Dao Hong Lan, Party chief of the northern Bac Ninh Province, has been appointed acting minister of health over a month after the former one was arrested.
July 14, 2022 | 09:05 pm PT
Hanoi CDC officials pocketed $47,200 in Covid test kit scandal: police

Hanoi CDC officials pocketed $47,200 in Covid test kit scandal: police

The director of Hanoi's CDC and some of its staff accepted bribes to let a local firm distribute its Covid-19 test kits at inflated prices, the police have alleged.
July 1, 2022 | 09:40 pm PT
Hanoi gets stand-in leader after chairman’s dismissal

Hanoi gets stand-in leader after chairman’s dismissal

The Hanoi Party Committee has appointed deputy chairman Le Hong Son as the capital city’s acting chairman starting Tuesday.
June 7, 2022 | 05:58 am PT
Former health minister arrested in anti-corruption drive

Former health minister arrested in anti-corruption drive

Nguyen Thanh Long was arrested Tuesday, hours after he was dismissed as health minister for his involvement in a Covid-19 test kit fraud.
June 7, 2022 | 04:36 am PT
Ex-Hanoi chairman detained in Covid test kit scandal

Ex-Hanoi chairman detained in Covid test kit scandal

Former Hanoi chairman Chu Ngoc Anh was arrested Tuesday for mismanagement involving a Covid-19 test kit fraud, hours after he was dismissed from his position.
June 7, 2022 | 04:17 am PT
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