Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Security Agency has concluded its investigation and proposed the prosecution of 23 defendants for “Bribery”, “Offering Bribes”, and “Fraudulent Appropriation of Assets”.
According to the investigation agency, this is a corruption case in the field of healthcare and social insurance that occurred in multiple provinces and cities across Vietnam, with a very serious and complex nature. The criminal activities took place from 2015 until they were recently uncovered, making the investigation and handling of the case challenging.
The perpetrators took advantage of loopholes and shortcomings in regulations regarding tender organization and the inspection and monitoring of competent authorities during the implementation of contracts for purchasing traditional medicines and herbal drugs. They colluded and used deceitful and sophisticated tactics to appropriate funds from the social insurance system.
The investigation also revealed that several individuals with authority in various hospitals and medical centers abused their positions during the signing and execution of contracts for purchasing traditional medicines and herbal drugs for medical examination and treatment, negatively impacting the reputation of state management in the fields of healthcare, ethnic medicine, and social insurance.
As per the investigation’s conclusions, in his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Son Lam Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, defendant Pham Van Cach colluded with defendant Nguyen Manh Quyen, CEO of LanQ Company, to deceive and defraud more than VND 18 billion from the social insurance system and co-payers in Bac Giang province.
 Defendant Pham Van Cach |
Additionally, during Son Lam Company’s execution of contracts to supply medicine to several hospitals and medical centers, Pham Van Cach offered bribes totaling over VND 71 billion at the request of authorized individuals to avoid obstacles in the medicine supply process.
After Pham Van Cach’s prosecution, Huynh Nguyen Loc, former Director of the Institute of Ethnic Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City, transferred VND 7 billion to the account of Bui Thi Thanh Huong (Pham Van Cach’s daughter-in-law) to return a portion of the commission received from Pham Van Cach. The investigation agency considers this money to be related to criminal activity and subject to handling in the same case.
Huynh Nguyen Loc, with his authority to make decisions in signing and executing contracts for purchasing medicines for examination and treatment covered by health insurance at the Institute of Ethnic Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City, abused his position and received bribes totaling more than VND 47 billion from Pham Van Cach to facilitate Son Lam Company’s medicine supply to the institute.
As the Director of the Thai Nguyen Province Traditional Medicine Hospital, Truong Thi Thu Huong had the authority to make decisions regarding the signing and execution of contracts for purchasing medicines for examination and treatment covered by health insurance at the hospital. She abused her position and powers to demand and agree to receive bribes totaling more than VND 10 billion from Pham Van Cach during the hospital’s contract execution with Son Lam Company.
During the consortium between Son Lam Company and Danang Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Joint Stock Company to supply medicines to hospitals and medical centers in Danang city, then-CEO of the latter, Tong Viet Phai, received money from Son Lam Company and used more than VND 4 billion to pay commissions to 12 hospitals and medical centers in Danang city to ensure that individuals with authority in these units did not create obstacles in the medicine supply process.
The investigation agency determined that Than Duc Lai, former Director of the Bac Giang Province Social Insurance Agency, abused his position and powers and deliberately violated his duties to facilitate the disbursement of advance funds for health examination and treatment covered by health insurance for LanQ Company, contrary to legal regulations. He received bribes totaling VND 700 million from Nguyen Manh Quyen.
Previously, on October 7, 2023, the Ministry of Public Security announced that the Security Investigation Agency had issued a decision to prosecute and arrest Nguyen Manh Quyen (DOB: 1962), CEO of LanQ Pharmaceutical and Medical Joint Stock Company, and Pham Van Cach (DOB: 1967), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Son Lam Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, on charges of “Fraudulent Appropriation of Assets.”
T.Nhung
– 09:45 16/05/2025
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