In the Van Thinh Phat case, the defendants voluntarily paid 5,169 billion VND to compensate for the consequences – Photo: Archive
The 14th plenary session of the Judiciary Committee gave its opinion on the work report of the Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuracy sent to the 8th session of the National Assembly. Data from October 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024.
Many cases have close, sophisticated collusion between state officials and businesses.
The report stated that in 2024, 838 new cases (an increase of 11%) related to corruption and position-related crimes were prosecuted. Authorities continued to detect, prosecute, and investigate many major cases, with particularly serious and complicated crimes.
Many cases involve ministries and localities, with close and sophisticated collusion between state officials and businesses in the fields of land management, resource and mineral exploitation, basic construction investment, electricity and petroleum trading.
Like the rare earth case, the Phuc Son case, the case at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Xuyen Viet Oil case…
Regarding the fight against and handling of corruption and economic cases, the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Procuracy has directed the entire industry to coordinate with prosecution agencies to speed up progress, handle the right people, the right crimes, and the right law.
Especially the cases monitored and directed by the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption and negativity.
Typical cases include the cases at Thu Duc Hospital (HCMC), the Viet A, Tan Hoang Minh, Van Thinh Phat and SCB bank cases, the AIC-related case in Bac Ninh…
Advise to strictly handle the masterminds and leaders, and be lenient with those who repent, reform, actively overcome the consequences, and compensate for damages…
During the period, the prosecution sector exercised the right to prosecute and supervise the handling of 2,910 sources of information on corruption, positions, and economics. It resolved and handled 2,422 sources of information, of which the investigation agency prosecuted 1,365 cases.
During the period, 87,210 billion VND/272,374 billion VND were recovered through civil judgment enforcement (reaching a rate of 32%); during the investigation, prosecution and trial, security measures were applied to recover more than 25,782 billion VND/more than 1 million billion VND (reaching a rate of more than 22%)…
The prosecution agencies also temporarily detained, seized, and suspended transactions of many other assets such as 2,874 real estates, more than 1 million shares, 7.8 million USD, 10 million Japanese Yen, 63,900 Euros, 685 kg of gold, 39 cars, 10 oil tankers, more than 1 million liters of DO oil, more than 227,000 liters of gasoline, 1 pair of ivory tusks, 2 diamond rings, 1 yacht, 1,342 land use right certificates…
The work of handling corruption cases and incidents continued to achieve positive results; many particularly serious cases were prosecuted, investigated, prosecuted, and tried.
The Institute has seriously and effectively implemented the tasks and requirements of the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity.
Closely coordinate with investigation agencies in applying asset recovery measures in corruption and economic cases.
Some cases with high asset recovery include the Tan Hoang Minh case, where the defendants voluntarily paid VND8,645 billion; the asset embezzlement case at Van Thinh Phat, SCB bank, where the defendants voluntarily paid VND5,169 billion to compensate for the consequences.
In the case related to Xuyen Viet Oil, during the search, the security investigation agency temporarily seized 134 savings books with a total amount of 1,320 billion VND…
Along with that, continue to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People’s Court in detecting, initiating, investigating, prosecuting, and trying, ensuring strict and lawful handling of major corruption and economic cases.
Mr. Vu Trong Kim – Photo: GIA HAN
Feeling “heaven and earth shake” when hearing about major corruption cases
National Assembly delegate Vu Trong Kim (Nam Dinh delegation) pointed out that the “collusion” between state officials and businesses in recent major corruption cases is not new but has been going on for a long time, and was serious when discovered.
He said it was “very surprising” to talk about these incidents, because people thought they had been resolved in recent years, prevented and reduced, but in reality that was not the case.
“At times like that, I feel like the sky and earth are shaking,” said Mr. Kim. He said people feel outraged by the corruption of many officials, even high-ranking officials.
From there, he suggested that the Government, in each case, must state the joint responsibility of the agencies monitoring, supervising, evaluating, and managing the activities of enterprises and the management of cadres…