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Many people with COVID-19 report that despite having clear symptoms, multiple rapid tests yield negative results, while PCR tests are positive.

Many people with COVID-19 report that despite having clear symptoms, multiple rapid tests yield negative results, while PCR tests are positive.

Nearly 1.400 COVID-19 rapid test kits of unknown origin and source have been seized by authorities in Bac Ninh province.

The Department of Justice has instructed notaries not to carry out any transactions involving the sale, transfer, donation, or mortgage of the property of the Director of the Khanh Hoa CDC and nine related individuals.

Police in Bac Giang province have just discovered a woman who illegally purchased thousands of rapid test kits and COVID-19 treatment drugs from the black market with the intention of reselling them for profit.
Hanoi has ordered strict inspections and handling of speculation, price gouging, and the sale of substandard COVID-19 test kits, SpO2 monitors, and medications for supporting and treating the disease.

According to the Ministry of Health, people should contact healthcare facilities for detailed guidance before purchasing test kits, to avoid buying and using them when not needed, which would lead to waste.
The General Department of Market Management has requested increased inspection and control of COVID-19 test kits and treatment drugs in light of the complex developments of the epidemic.
The complicated COVID-19 situation has led people to rush to buy herbal steam baths, essential oils, etc., as a precaution. These products are quickly sold out, constantly out of stock, and prices skyrocket.

The Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee is directing the Party Committee of the provincial agencies and enterprises bloc to carry out procedures to temporarily suspend the Party membership of the Director of the provincial CDC.

The director and accountant of the Thua Thien Hue CDC violated regulations on bidding in the procurement of medical supplies and equipment, causing damage to state assets.
The Ministry of Health has requested the Ministry of Finance to submit a proposal to the Government to include medical equipment and supplies (including test kits) in the price stabilization program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 85.000 smuggled COVID-19 rapid tests from South Korea were discovered and seized by customs authorities at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

The Bac Ninh Inspectorate will clarify the right and wrong, advantages and disadvantages in the procurement of medical equipment, supplies, biological products, test kits, vaccines, etc., for the prevention and control of COVID-19.

The Government Inspectorate has begun an inspection of the procurement of medical equipment, supplies, biological products, test kits, vaccines, and drugs for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Hanoi.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has just issued a decision assigning Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan to take charge of the Planning and Finance Department.

According to a representative from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, there are currently three hospitals in the city that have purchased COVID-19 test kits from Viet A Company.

Phan Quoc Viet confessed to colluding to inflate the price of testing kits by approximately 45%, and then paying his partners nearly 800 billion VND in "commissions".

Investigators have indicted three former department heads and deputy department heads from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology for violations related to test kits manufactured by Viet A Company.

The government will report on the use of budget funds for purchasing medical equipment and supplies in epidemic prevention and control, including the case involving Viet A Company.

Viet A is the leading organization implementing the national-level task "Improving the technological process for producing a diagnostic kit for AZF gene mutations causing male infertility".

A representative from C03 stated that the police will conduct a thorough investigation and strictly handle the case of Viet A Company inflating the price of COVID-19 testing kits, with no exceptions.

According to information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health on December 23rd, two hospitals in the city purchased biological products from Viet A Company totaling over 32 billion VND.

During a time of urgent need but a shortage of testing reagents, the Gia Lai CDC borrowed 960 test kits from Viet A Company in a neighboring province and has since returned them.

The Ministry of Health decided to license Viet A Company's COVID-19 test kit based on a proposal from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

When the test kit from Viet A Company was first proposed for consideration for use, the website of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) reported that the WHO had approved it.

The Chairman of the National Assembly's Law Committee emphasized that public opinion is outraged by the "price gouging" of COVID-19 testing kits and the responsibility of the relevant agencies.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has just issued an urgent document requesting units to review the purchase of biological products and COVID-19 testing equipment from Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company in the past period.

Advertised as the "largest" producer of COVID-19 test kits in the country, supplying millions of kits every month, Viet A Company's production facility is only about 10 square meters in size.

Numerous provinces and cities in Central Vietnam and the Central Highlands purchased large quantities of COVID-19 test kits from Viet A Company, at times buying them at exorbitant prices.

Before General Director Phan Quoc Viet was prosecuted for "inflating" equipment prices, Viet A Company had won numerous multi-billion dollar contracts across the country.