During the Covid epidemic, Viet A company almost bought the entire Vietnamese public health system from the ministerial level to the provincial level. Phan Quoc Viet – CEO of Viet A bribed ministers, deputy ministers and heads of ministerial departments in order to sell fake Chinese test kits at “extortionate” prices to patients.
A series of officials were jailed in this case. However, the official who owns 80% shares of Viet A has not been named and he has not been punished.
Internal information shows that it is Tran Thi Nguyet Thu – the wife of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at that time. Phuc was dismissed from his position because of having his family members involving in the Viet A case, although he denied it when he held the handover ceremony at the Presidential Palace.
Any weed that is not uprooted will grow back. The Viet A case is a specific case showing that the Communist regime does not completely eradicate it. They still leave a big root that owns 80% of Viet A shares. And now, a new version of Viet A has emerged.
The case of Pham Van Cach – Chairman of the Board of Directors of Son Lam Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company is a case that is stirring up society. He spent more than VND71 billion ($3 million) to bribe officials who are directors, deputy directors of hospitals, medical centers, and government officials in order to bring cheap but poor quality medicinal herbs into the Vietnamese public health system.
Involved with Pham Van Cach, a series of officials were implicated and had to go to jail. Specifically, Huynh Nguyen Loc – Former Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine received up to VND47.15 billion while former Director of Thai Nguyen Traditional Medicine Hospital Truong Thi Thu Huong got a bribe of VND10 billion, etc…
In the Viet A case, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long was imprisoned. Will incumbent Minister Dao Hong Lan be responsible for the Son Lam case that has corrupted the current health system?
Tran Thai Hung-Thoibao.de
