Former Deputy Director Nguyen Loc An was prosecuted for receiving a bribe of 14.2 billion VND.

Mr. Nguyen Loc An, former Deputy Director of the Domestic Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) has just been prosecuted by the Supreme People's Procuracy for bribery.

Nguyen Tuan Quynh, former Chairman of the Board of Members of Long Hung Company, was prosecuted for bribery.

Tran Trac Viet Duc, Director of Bach Khoa Viet Company and Do Thi Tuyet Nga, Chief Accountant, were prosecuted for violating regulations on management and use of state assets, causing waste and loss.

The four defendants were prosecuted before the Hanoi People's Court for trial. The Supreme People's Procuracy assigned the Hanoi People's Procuracy to exercise the right to prosecute and supervise the first-instance trial of the case.

In addition to this case, in November 2024, Mr. An was sentenced to 4 years in prison by the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City for accepting bribes. in the Xuyen Viet Oil case.

The former Deputy Director of the Domestic Market Department was determined to have received 400 million VND and a Patek Philippe watch worth more than 500 million VND from the owner of Xuyen Viet Oil, Mai Thi Hong Hanh.

According to the accusation, Mr. An agreed to help Ms. Tran Thi Loan Phuong, former Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Bach Khoa Viet Company, establish a legal entity to trade in liquefied petroleum gas, rent an existing gas station for small-scale business, and be licensed as a gasoline distributor.

When the Ministry of Industry and Trade set up a team to inspect the actual conditions, Mr. An was assigned to be the team leader. Knowing this, Ms. Phuong gave Mr. An 200 million VND to help. After giving the money, the company was confirmed to be qualified to be a petroleum distributor.

In August 2015, Ms. Phuong came to Mr. An's house at Viglacera building, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, asking for help to help Bach Khoa Viet become a wholesale trader in the import and export of petroleum. Mr. An agreed.

A month later, Mr. An called Ms. Phuong and asked her to support him with 9 billion VND to buy a house, and said to transfer it to his wife's account. Ms. Phuong's Bach Khoa Viet Company later transferred the full amount.

In early 2016, Ms. Phuong assigned Mr. Dao Chi Kien, Director and Mr. Tran Ngoc Thanh, legal staff of Bach Khoa Viet to prepare documents to apply for a license to import and export gasoline. Because the company did not meet the conditions, Mr. An guided the legalization of the conditions and was granted the license in 2016.

With Ms. Phuong, the Procuracy believes that there are signs of bribery. but "recognized the wrongdoing and proactively filed a complaint". This helped the investigation agency fight for the defendant An's wife to voluntarily provide a bank account statement, prosecute and investigate the case. Therefore, Ms. Phuong was exempted from criminal liability but the entire 9.2 billion VND in bribes must be confiscated and transferred to the State budget.

Bach Khoa Viet later also violated the provisions of the Petroleum Price Stabilization Fund. The investigation results allege that this enterprise had to pay more than 107 billion VND to the budget, but so far has only paid 1.6 billion and still "owes" more than 105 billion VND. Therefore, defendants Viet and Nga were accused of violating regulations on management and use of state assets, causing waste and loss.

With the violations occurring at Long Hung Company, In 2014, Chairman Nguyen Tuan Quynh contacted Mr. An and asked him to guide him through the procedures to obtain a license to import and trade FO oil. Mr. An agreed to help and told him to submit the application after the Government issued a decree on petroleum trading.

When in charge of the delegation, Mr. An only checked the records and probability of some stores and petrol agents of Long Hung Company but still signed the actual inspection report "qualified for a petrol business license".

After "successfully", Quynh went to meet Mr. An in Hanoi to thank him. Mr. An suggested that he was looking to buy a house and asked Quynh to support him with 10 billion VND. Quynh then transferred 10 billion VND to Mr. An's wife's account but asked for 5 billion VND back and was returned by Mr. An.

According to the indictment, along with the money received from Ms. Phuong and Quynh, Mr. An is accused of receiving a total of 14.2 billion VND in bribes.

The entire 19 billion VND received from Ms. Phuong and Mr. Quynh was transferred by Mr. An to his wife's account, Ms. Nguyen Kim Ngoc. The money was used to buy villa No. 14D3 on the 18.6-hectare auctioned land in Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District. However, Ms. Ngoc did not know that the 19 billion VND was a bribe from her husband, so there was not enough basis to prosecute her criminally.