The Hanoi People’s Court on March 29 handed down an 18-year jail sentence to Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Member Council of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), for "deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences.”
Dinh La Thang (second, right) and other
defendants at the trail. (Source: VNA)
With the same charge, one of Thang’s accomplices,
Nguyen Xuan Son, former Deputy General Director of PetroVietnam, was sentenced
to 30 months in prison.
Meanwhile,
Vu Khanh Truong and Nguyen Xuan Thang, both former members of the Member
Council of PetroVietnam, were sentenced to 5 years and 22 months in jail.
Nguyen
Thanh Liem and Phan Dinh Duc, who are also former members of the PetroVietnam
Member Council, received non-custodial re-education periods of 20 months and 15
months, respectively, for the charge.
Ninh Van
Quynh, former chief accountant and former head of the department of finance,
accounting and auditing of PetroVietnam, will spend seven years behind bars,
for "deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing
severe consequences,” and 16 years for "abusingpositions andpowers
to misappropriateState assets.”
Besides,
the jury asked the defendants to compensate 800 billion VND (35.2 million USD)
for the losses they caused to PetroVietnam. Of the total, Dinh La Thang has to
refund 600 billion VND (26.4 million USD); Ninh Van Quynh, 100 billion VND (4.4
million USD); and Vu Khanh Truong, 40 billion VND (1.76 million USD). Each of the
four other defendants has to give back 15 billion VND (660,000 USD) to the
State.
Ninh Van
Quynh, who was found abusing his position and power to misappropriate 20
billion VND (880,000 USD) from OceanBank, had previously refunded the amount.
In 2008,
after failing to establish Hong Viet Commercial joint Stock Bank, PetroVietnam
decided to invest in OceanBank.
From 2008
to 2011, Dinh La Thang instructed and decided on PetroVietnam’s investment in
OceanBank to become a shareholder of the bank.
Under his
instruction, Vu Khanh Truong, Nguyen Thanh Liem, Nguyen Xuan Thang, Phan Dinh
Duc, Nguyen Xuan Son and Ninh Van Quynh carried out three contributions of the
group’s capital totaling 800 billion VND to OceanBank.
Due to
OceanBank’s poor capability and violations committed by Ha Van Tham, former
Chairman of OceanBank’s Board of Directors, the bank suffered serious losses,
leading to the loss of the whole 800 billion VND invested by PetroVietnam when
the State Bank of Vietnam was forced to buy OceanBank at zero VND.-VNA
Source: VNA
In recent years, Thung Nai commune on has undergone significant changes in its appearance, landscape, and lives of local residents. Road 435 from Hoa Binh City to Tan Lac district’s Suoi Hoa commune, passing through the Thung Nai commune, has helped attract many tourists to the area.
A seminar on promoting the startup movement among high school students has been held recently by the provincial Department of Education and Training and the Vietnam National University of Agriculture at Tan Lac High School in Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province.
In the morning of April 24th, at Uncle Ho’s Monument on Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Project, Vietnam Youth Federation coordinated with Hoa Binh Youth Federation to organize the journey "I love my Fatherland” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.
From the fact that the market takes place only every Tuesday, Bo market in Van Son commune (Tan Lac) officially takes place every Sunday from March 24. Thereby, the aim is to turn the market into a place promoting the cultural identity of Muong people in Hoa Binh and the consumption of goods and products of the neighboring communes, meeting the needs of tourists for the local products when travelling to Van Son at weekends.
Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on Population and Development.
