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Ten prosecuted in Hanoi Centre for Disease Control case

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted Nguyen Nhat Cam, former Director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (Hanoi CDC), and nine other defendants on charge of “violations on bidding regulations that causes serious consequences” which occurred at the centre and relevant units.
Ten prosecuted in Hanoi Centre for Disease Control case ảnh 1Nguyen Nhat Cam, former Director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (L) and two other defendants (Source: Ministry of Public Security)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Supreme People’s Procuracy has prosecuted NguyenNhat Cam, former Director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (Hanoi CDC),and nine other defendants on charge of “violations on bidding regulations thatcauses serious consequences” which occurred at the centre and relevant units.

Among the ten, six are from the Hanoi CDC, and four fromprivate companies, namely Dao The Vinh, Director of the Vietnam Scientific andMaterial Science Company Limited (MST); Nguyen Tran Duy, General Director ofthe Nhan Thanh Asset Valuation and Auctioning JSC; Nguyen Ngoc Nhat, anemployee of Vitech Development Co., Ltd; and Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, an employee ofPhuong Dong Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.

According to the indictment, taking advantage of theCOVID-19, Nguyen Nhat Cam colluded with Nguyen Ngoc Nhat, Nguyen Thanh Tuyen andDao The Vinh in agreeing to purchase medical machines and equipment in abidding package of Hanoi CDC before carrying out normal procedures.

Cam also colluded with Nguyen Tran Duy in committing a fraudby legalising procedures to assess the bidding package with a price required byHanoi CDC.

He then directed his employees to legalise all normal proceduresto make MST win the bidding with a price they had agreed, resulting in aneconomic loss of over 5.4 billion VND (233,200 USD).

Procurators said that Cam is the mastermind of the case.

The defendants confessed to the police they had jacked upthe price of the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)machines used in testing the new coronavirus by a factor of three./.
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