Vietnam arrests Deputy Health Minister for bribery

MGR Online•International•8d ago

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Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has been arrested for accepting massive bribes linked to medical equipment smuggling.

•Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan was arrested on bribery charges.
•The arrest is part of an investigation into Viet My Medical Investment JSC regarding smuggled medical equipment.
•Three employees of Viet My Medical Investment JSC, including two executives and one accountant, were also arrested.
•The crackdown is part of a broader anti-corruption campaign led by President To Lam.

•Vietnamese police arrested Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan on charges of accepting massive bribes.
•Tran Van Thuan is a leading oncologist who was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in 2020 and became President of the National Medical Council in 2024.
•The arrest of Tran Van Thuan resulted from an expanded police investigation into Viet My Medical Investment JSC for smuggling and serious accounting violations.
•Police arrested two executives and one accountant from Viet My Medical Investment JSC for allegedly reselling and inflating prices of medical equipment and drugs imported from Singapore and Hong Kong.
•President To Lam oversees a large-scale anti-corruption crackdown that has led to the arrest of dozens of business people and government officials.
•In May, former Health Minister Nguyen Kim Tien was sentenced to 6 years in prison for mismanagement of hospital projects.

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Tran Van Thuan(เจิ่น วัน ทวน)

Deputy Minister of Health, President of the National Medical Council, and a leading oncologist arrested for bribery.

To Lam(โต เลิม)ℹ️

The President of Vietnam who oversees the major anti-corruption crackdown.

Nguyen Kim Tien(เหวียน กิม เตียน)

Former Minister of Health sentenced to 6 years in prison for hospital project mismanagement.

Ministry of Health(กระทรวงสาธารณสุข)

The government ministry whose Deputy Minister was arrested for bribery.

Ministry of Public Security(กระทรวงความมั่นคงสาธารณะ)

The government body that issued the statement regarding the arrest of Tran Van Thuan.

Viet My Medical Investment JSC

A company accused of smuggling medical equipment and committing accounting violations.

Vietnam(เวียดนาม)ℹ️

The country where the anti-corruption campaign and arrests are taking place.

Singapore(สิงคโปร์)ℹ️

One of the locations from which medical equipment and drugs were imported to Vietnam.

Hong Kong(ฮ่องกง)ℹ️

One of the locations from which medical equipment and drugs were imported to Vietnam.