He said he had neglected the examination and supervision of the implementation of resolutions and decisions issued by the Member Council and not fulfilled his responsibility, leading to slow rectification of violating agencies and persons. He asked the judging council to make sound, legally-based and fair consideration of the former PetroVietnam staff, who he said had not been motivated by personal purposes, but the wish for the rapid development of the group as in line with its development strategy.
Vietnam News Agency correspondents interviews lawyers Amelie Lefebvre and Bertrand Repolt at the Ervy Court in Paris on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo PARIS (VNS) — Lawyers representing Vietnamese-French Agent Orange victim Tran To Nga in a lawsuit against 26 US chemical companies said the defendant continued to make irrational requests in order to prolong the case.Talking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Paris after the latest working session with judges and defence lawyers at the Ervy Court on Thursday, lawyers Amelie Lefebvre and Bertrand Repolt from the Paris-based William Bourdon Forestier law firm said that the defendant's lawyers once again…... [read more]
The trial of 12 doctors, pharmacists and technical officers began in Ho Chi Minh City Thursday for faking medical prescriptions worth billions of dong two years ago. According to the indictment, Luu To Lan, a 43-year-old doctor of the Cho Ray Hospital, connived with 11 nurses, pharmacists and officers in other hospitals to collect a number of health insurance cards from workers in HCMC and neighboring provinces. The gang then made fake documents showing that the health insurance cardholders were admitted to the hospital for examination and treatment. As the hospital has a policy to pay in advance 80 percent…... [read more]
According to the company, on February, 2013, the Market Control Sub-department No12 under the city's Market Watch seized 6,000 Danlait milk boxes from the company to test for product quality.— Photo giaioduc HA NOI (VNS) — The Ha Noi People's Court will begin tomorrow afternoon the trial involving the Manh Cam Company Ltd, a goat's milk product importer, and the city's Market Watch.A representative of the company will be required to participate as the plaintiff in the legal proceedings.According to the company, on February, 2013, the Market Control Sub-department No12 under the city's Market Watch seized 6,000 Danlait milk boxes…... [read more]
High profile Vietnamese oil executives took the stand on Monday facing charges regarding millions of dollars worth of losses incurred at a subsidiary of state-owned PetroVietnam. The two-week trial at Hanoi People’s Court will see 22 former executives of the oil giant charged with embezzlement and economic mismanagement which caused huge losses at PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC). Of the most prominent defendants, Dinh La Thang, former board chairman of PetroVietnam and once a political star, is facing 20 years in jail, while the notorious runaway Trinh Xuan Thanh, PVC’s former board chairman and general director, faces death for property embezzlement…... [read more]
Trinh Xuan Thanh at the first instance trial on January 8. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Court opened the first instance trial on January 8 for Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman and General Director of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices on several charges of wrongdoings at the company. Among the 22 defendants in the case, 12 were charged with “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” under Clause 3 of Article 165 of the 1999 Penal Code. They included Dinh La Thang (former Chairman of the Member Council of PetroVietnam…... [read more]
