Appeal trial for BIDV-related violation case to open on June 28
An appeal trial for the case related to violations of regulations on banking activities and abuse of trust to appropriate assets at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Binh Ha Livestock JSC and Trung Dung Trade and Tourism Co. Ltd. will take place from June 28-30, the High-level People’s Court in Hanoi announced on June 11.
Defendants at the first-instance trial (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –An appeal trial for the case related to violations of regulations on bankingactivities and abuse of trust to appropriate assets at the Bank for Investmentand Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Binh Ha Livestock JSC and Trung Dung Tradeand Tourism Co. Ltd. will take place from June 28-30, the High-level People’sCourt in Hanoi announced on June 11.
Duringthe trial in November 2020, the Hanoi People’sCourt sentenced two BIDV former general directors, Tran Luc Lang to eight years in prison, and Doan Anh Sang to six years and a half.
Sixother defendants on the same charges received sentences of between 3-7 years.
FormerDirector of the Trung Dung Trade and Tourism Co. Ltd Doan Hong Dung was jailed for 18 years,former General Director of the Binh Ha Livestock JSC Tran Anh Quang, 13 years; andDinh Anh Dung, also former General Director of the Binh Ha company, 12 years;and Nguyen Thi Thanh Son, former Director of the Ha Nam company, three years,all for abuse of trust to appropriate assets.
Later, former GeneralDirector of the Binh Ha company Dinh Van Dung, former Director of the Trung Dung companyDoan Hong Dung and capital contributor of the Trung Dung company Nguyen Thi ThanhSon lodged appeals against their sentences.
According to the indictment, from 2011 to 2016, taking advantage of hisposition, Ha made a number of wrong-doings such as violating democraticcentralism principles and working regulations to pour money into companies thatwere set up by himself.
Specifically, Ha directed the establishment of two companies including An PhuJoint Stock Company which was owned by Tran Duy Tung – Ha’s son and the Binh HaLivestock Joint Stock Company. Ha also instructed and approved thegranting of credit with incentives which go against regulations of the StateBank of Vietnam (SBV) and BIDV despite the fact that the twocompanies did not have enough financial capital to carry out the project norwere they eligible for credit extension as prescribed by the SBV and BIDV.
The actions resulted in a loss of more than 1.5 trillion VND (64.2 millionUSD) to BIDV./.
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Defendants at the first-instance trial (Photo: VNA) 
