VOV.VN - Gene Bio Medical Company (GBM), a leading biotechnology company in British Columbia, Canada, plans to build a test kit factory in the south-central province of Binh Dinh with a total investment of between US$10 - 20 million.

Former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and five other defendants in the Viet A case had their sentences reduced during an appeal court hearing in Hanoi on May 17.

The High People's Court in Hanoi will hear the appeals of former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and 10 other defendants in the COVID-19 test kit fraud that occurred at Viet A Technologies JSC, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Science and Technology and related agencies and organisations, on May 15.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 12 sentenced former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison for taking bribes in the COVID-19 test kit case involving in the Viet A Technology JSC.

VOV.VN - As many as 38 defendants, including two former ministers of health and science-technology, were brought to court in Hanoi on January 3 in a trial related to the COVID-19 test kit overcharging scandal at Viet A Technologies JSC.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viet A Technologies JSC Phan Quoc Viet has been sentenced a total of 25 years in prison on charges of "abusing position and power while on duty" and “violating bidding regulations, causing serious damages”, in the COVID-19 test kit case at the Viet A Technologies JSC and the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU).

VOV.VN - A total of 38 defendants, including two former ministers, will go on trial in early January 2024 in a notorious graft scandal related to the COVID-19 test kit overcharging case at Viet A Technologies JSC, according to the Hanoi People’s Court.

The Supreme People's Procuracy has prosecuted 38 individuals involving in the COVID-19 test kit overcharging at the Viet A Company.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will continue with its anti-corruption drive which has so far proved to be on the right track, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the forerunner of the ongoing corruption fight in the country.

The Ministry of Public Security expects to complete the investigation into the COVID-19 test kit scam at Viet A Technologies JSC in the second quarter of this year, the ministry’s spokesperson Lieutenant General To An Xo said on May 5.