On February 20, the Hanoi People's Court issued a decision to bring to trial a case of violations of bidding regulations, involving former Chairwoman of AIC Company Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan and a number of individuals at the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Center (VNCERT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan
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According to the decision, all 13 defendants were prosecuted for violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences. In addition to Ms. Nhan, there was also defendant Nguyen Trong Duong, who at the time of the violations was the Director of VNCERT, and later held the position of Deputy Head of the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Information and Communications.
The remaining defendants include: Ngo Quang Huy, former Deputy Director of VNCERT; Tran Duy Hieu, former Deputy Head of the Planning and Finance Department; Nguyen Huy Hung, specialist of the Planning and Finance Department; Tran Nguyen Chung, former Head of the Information Security Department; Nguyen Thi Anh Hong, specialist of VNCERT...
The trial is scheduled to begin on March 17 and last for eight days. The panel of judges will consist of three members, chaired by Judge Liu Yujing.
According to the indictment, in 2016, VNCERT was assigned by TT-TT to implement a project to purchase equipment and hire technical services to monitor and analyze incidents and network security attacks on a number of international internet connection channels. The total investment was 95 billion VND.
Right from the stage of building the equipment and software list, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan directed her subordinates at AIC Company to contact the vendors, ask for equipment prices according to VNCERT's list, add 40% to the estimated price, and include it in the project's feasibility study report.
VNCERT uses the above list and estimates to legalize consulting packages for the Department of Planning and Finance to appraise and submit to the ministry's leaders for approval.
When issuing the bidding documents, Ms. Nhan directed her subordinates to propose the financial part of the bidding package for AIC Company of 70 billion VND, and at the same time appointed Mopha Joint Stock Company (belonging to the AIC ecosystem) as a "blue team" to collude in bidding.
Due to the series of actions of Ms. Nhan and the defendants, state assets were damaged by more than 17 billion VND. To date, Ms. Nhan is still on the run.
According to the indictment, Mr. Nguyen Trong Duong was the investor's representative during the implementation of package number 8. He directed his subordinates to create conditions for AIC to participate and win the bid.
After the bidding, Mr. Duong received a Tet gift bag from AIC Company, containing 1 billion VND. The defendant used 200 million for personal expenses, and spent the rest of the Tet money on VNCERT employees participating in the project.
For Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, this is the 5th case in which the former Chairwoman of AIC Group has been prosecuted.
At the end of 2022, Ms. Nhan was sentenced to 30 years in prison for two crimes: violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences and giving bribes, in a case that occurred at Dong Nai Provincial General Hospital.
In October 2023, Ms. Nhan was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the case of equipment supply violations that occurred at the Quang Ninh Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital.
Ms. Nhan was also sentenced to 24 years in prison in the case that occurred at the Ho Chi Minh City Biotechnology Center and 13 years in prison in the case of giving bribes to the former secretary and former chairman of Bac Ninh province.
Thanhnien.vn
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