Trinh Xuan Thanh (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’sCourt will open proceedings in the trial of Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairmanand General Director of PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation(PVC), and his accomplices accused of wrongdoings at PetroVietnam and its subsidiary PVC on January 8. The court will judge 22 defendants who will be presented by a total of 42lawyers, including three lawyers for Dinh La Thang, former Chairman ofthe Member Council of PetroVietnam, and five lawyers for Thanh. Twelve out of the defendants in the case have been charged with “deliberatelyviolating State regulations on economic management, causing severeconsequences” in line with Clause 3 of Article 165 of the 1999 Penal Code – thecount that could send violators to jail for 10-20 years. Meanwhile, eight others have been charged with “misappropriating property” inaccordance with Clause 4 of Article 278 of the 1999 Penal Code, whichprescribes sentences ranging from 20 years in prison to life imprisonment ordeath penalty. Thanh and Vu Duc Thuan, former PVC General Director, have been charged withboth “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management,causing severe consequences” and “misappropriating property.”According to the indictment of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam, thisis an extremely serious case involving people holding key positions inimportant economic units and major national projects like Thai Binh 2 thermalpower plant. The indictment says that Thang was mainly responsible for wrongdoings duringconstruction of the Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant project. He allegedly instructed PVC to carry out the engineering, procurement andconstruction (EPC) package. He was also… [Read full story]
Hearing of Trinh Xuan Thanh case to start early next yearThe Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong last week asked competent agencies to promptly bring serious cases to court, especially the case of Trinh Xuan Thanh in January next year, according to Dan Tri news website. Thanh, who formerly served as general director of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC) and then as vice chair of Hau Giang Province, was accused of violating the State’s economic regulations causing serious consequences at PVC and its subsidiaries. Thanh and his accomplices were also involved in a misappropriation case at…... [read more]
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Nguyen Duy Thang, has urged the police to investigate the disappearance of papers related to the promotion of Trinh Xuan Thanh to vice chairman of Hau Giang Provincial People's Committee. Trinh Xuan Thanh (left) is appointed as vice chairman of the southern province of Hau Giang's People's Committee in May 2015The loss of the files sent by Hau Giang Province to propose the appointment of Trinh Xuan Thanh as its vice chairman was revealed by the deputy minister of Home Affairs, Nguyen Trong Thua, at the government cabinet meeting held on August 3rd, 2017.Speaking to…... [read more]
The Ministry of Public Security on Monday detained the former vice chairman of Hau Giang Provincial People's Committee and former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), Trinh Xuan Thanh to investigate into his alleged violations of state regulations.Thanh, 51, gave himself up to police on July 31 after a time fleeing to Germany when his violations were uncovered and his punishments were announced, police said.According to the investigation police, Thanh was accused of violating state regulations on economic management resulting in losses of nearly VND3.3 trillion (USD142 million) for the PVC during his leadership from 2011-2013. Thanh also faced…... [read more]
Prosecution proposed against Trinh Xuan ThanhThe Saigon Times Daily HCMC – The Ministry of Public Security has proposed charging Trinh Xuan Thanh, former chairman of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), for misappropriation at Petrovietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land), according to Vietnamnet news website. Seven others who face the same fate are former director of Petro Song Da Trading and Investment JSC Dinh Manh Thang, former PVP Land general director Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, former PVP Land chairman Dao Duy Phong, former chairman of May 1 Construction and Service JSC Le Hoa Binh, chief accountant of May 1 company and Minh Ngan company Nguyen…... [read more]
Trinh Xuan Thanh has been suggested be expelled from the Party (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission has suggested the Party’s Secretariat expel Trinh Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hau Giang provincial Party Committee, from the Party. The suggestion was made at the sixth meeting of the commission in Hanoi from September 6-8. A report by the commission in its fourth and fifth meetings revealed that Thanh, as Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC) from 2007-2013, had been negligent and was lax in the management over the corporation’s operation, resulting in many violations of the…... [read more]
