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Central Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company Vidipha (Vidipha, Stock Code: VDP) recently submitted a document to the State Securities Commission (SSC) and the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE), announcing its receipt of Decision No. 4507/QD-XPHC dated November 28, 2025, from the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department regarding administrative penalties for tax violations.
According to the decision, Vidipha was fined over 7.1 million VND for incorrect declarations that did not result in a shortfall in value-added tax (VAT); and over 1.2 billion VND for incorrect declarations leading to a shortfall in corporate income tax.
As a remedial measure, the company is required to pay over 6 billion VND in back corporate income tax and nearly 2.8 billion VND in late payment fees (as of November 6, 2025). Vidipha is responsible for calculating and paying additional late fees from November 7, 2025, until the actual payment date, as per regulations.
The deductible VAT carryover was reduced by approximately 1.8 billion VND. The Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department has requested Vidipha to adjust the reduced deductible tax amount in the VAT declaration for the tax period in which the penalty decision was received.
In total, Vidipha must pay over 10 billion VND in back taxes, fines, and late payment fees.
Within 10 days of receiving the decision, Vidipha must pay the back taxes, fines, and late payment fees specified in the penalty decision. Failure to comply within the deadline will result in enforced collection as per legal provisions, with an additional daily penalty of 0.05% on the unpaid fine amount.
In other developments, Phuc Lai Thanh Cosmetic Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company reported selling 134,600 VDP shares, reducing its holdings from 807,600 shares (3.657%) to 637,000 shares (3.05%).
The transaction was executed between November 17, 2025, and November 19, 2025, through order matching and negotiated trading methods.
During the same period, Nutri Korea Co., Ltd. also sold the same number of shares as Phuc Lai Thanh, reducing its holdings to 673,000 VDP shares, equivalent to 3.05% of the charter capital.
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