Former AIC Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan prosecuted in third case

On August 30, the Supreme People's Procuracy issued an indictment in the case of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences" occurring at Quang Ninh Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and prosecuted Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan (former Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, General Director of AIC).

This is the third case in which Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan has been investigated. Previously, at the end of 2022, the Hanoi People's Court determined that the former President of AIC was the mastermind of the case of violating bidding regulations and accepting bribes that occurred at Dong Nai General Hospital and sentenced her to 30 years in prison. In April 2023, Ms. Nhan continued to be prosecuted by the Ministry of Public Security in the case that occurred at the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Technology.

The indictment clearly states that Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan is the person who founded, built and operated all activities of AIC Company, its member companies and companies established by Nhan to serve the bidding.

In the project to purchase equipment for Quang Ninh Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, Ms. Nhan assigned Nguyen Hong Son and Truong Thi Xuan Loan (Head of Project Management Board 3) to directly implement the project.

According to the indictment, Loan colluded with Nguyen Duc Quang and Pham Ngoc Dung to agree on technical specifications, configurations and prices of equipment with the aim of building bidding documents that met bidding requirements.

The Supreme People's Procuracy determined that, knowing that AIC Company did not have enough financial capacity to participate in the bidding, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan directed Do Van Son (former chief accountant of AIC Company) to adjust data and provide dishonest information about financial capacity to commit fraud in the bidding.

The former Chairman of AIC also directed his subordinates to use companies in the AIC ecosystem as "blue troops" for AIC Company to win the bid.

Regarding the bidding documents, the prosecution agency determined that Nhan decided on the bidding price, designated the winning company, and decided on the profit ratio of AIC Company and the "blue team" companies.

Accordingly, Nhan assigned Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong (head of financial secretary department of AIC Company) to manage four companies in the ecosystem and the partner company to sign a joint venture agreement, prepare bidding documents to act as a "blue team" for AIC Company and Mopha Company to participate in bidding for 6 packages of the project.

As a result, AIC Company won 4 bid packages, Mopha Company won 2 bid packages to purchase equipment for the Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital with a total amount of more than 232 billion VND.

According to the indictment, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan and her accomplices caused losses to the State of more than 50 billion VND. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan played the role of mastermind, leading the direction and directly carrying out violations of bidding regulations.

In this case, Mr. Nguyen Anh Dung (Director of Phuc Hung Real Estate Joint Stock Company) - Ms. Nhan's brother - was also prosecuted for "violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences".

Do Van Son and Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong - two of Nhan's subordinates who recently surrendered after fleeing abroad - were also prosecuted.

In addition, the Supreme People's Procuracy prosecuted 12 other defendants, including: Nguyen Hong Son (former Deputy General Director of AIC Company), Hoang Dinh Son (former Deputy Director of the Medical Construction Project Management Board - Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Health), Pham Ngoc Dung (specialist of the Office of the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee, former specialist of the Planning and Finance Department, Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Health), Nguyen Quy Thinh (specialist of the Planning and Finance Department, Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Health)...