
Strengthening the Steering Committee for the recovery of assets seized in the Van Thinh Phat case.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc heads the inter-ministerial steering committee to recover assets seized or lost in the Van Thinh Phat case.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc heads the inter-ministerial steering committee to recover assets seized or lost in the Van Thinh Phat case.

On May 21st, the Ho Chi Minh City Civil Enforcement Department is scheduled to hold an online auction of two Hermes bags made from albino crocodile leather belonging to Ms. Truong My Lan, with a starting price of over 4 billion VND.

The Ho Chi Minh City Enforcement Department has completed the 7th payment in the Van Thinh Phat case, paying over 697 billion VND to 42.491 bondholders, representing 2,3406% of the total amount subject to enforcement.

The Ho Chi Minh City Civil Enforcement Department has paid out over 269 billion VND to bondholders in the 6th phase of the Van Thinh Phat case, bringing the total amount paid out to over 9.350 billion VND.

For cases under the supervision and direction of the Central Steering Committee, such as the Van Thinh Phat case, National Assembly representatives proposed that the timeframe for expert assessment be decided by the Steering Committee.

According to Minister Nguyen Hai Ninh, several unprecedented major cases will be brought to trial and have effective enforcement in 2025, such as the Van Thinh Phat and FLC cases.

The Ho Chi Minh City Civil Judgment Enforcement Department has completed the first phase of payments totaling over 7.000 billion VND to more than 40.000 bondholders and related individuals who purchased bonds from Van Thinh Phat.

Representatives from Van Thinh Phat and two German companies proposed using $3 billion to restructure SCB and mitigate the consequences of the Truong My Lan corruption case, awaiting approval from the authorities.

In her final statement, Truong My Lan said that a group of foreign investors had agreed to participate in handling the assets, and they had also prepared the necessary resources.

The Prime Minister established an inter-ministerial steering committee on organizing the enforcement of judgments and recovering assets seized or lost in cases related to the Van Thinh Phat Group.

The appeal hearing in the Truong My Lan case has been adjourned until April 14th to allow the panel of judges to coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City Civil Enforcement Department to verify and clarify the large sum of money involved in the case.

In the appeal hearing, the High People's Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City acknowledged the sincere attitude and remorse of Truong My Lan, Chairman of Van Thinh Phat Group, in admitting her criminal acts.

Defendant Truong My Lan argued that the data provided by SCB differed from the information released by the investigating agency and requested that SCB provide the complete data again.

Truong My Lan requested the court to consider her husband Chu Lap Co's money laundering charge, arguing that he should not be convicted for a transaction of only 1,3 billion VND, despite having lent thousands of billions of VND to SCB.

The former CEO of SCB denied being instructed by Ms. Truong My Lan during the bond issuance process and said he had never participated in any meetings related to this matter.

Truong My Lan hopes the court will consider and acknowledge that although she was not involved in the bond issuance, she is willing to use her assets to repay the 30.000 billion VND debt to the bondholders.

Truong My Lan appealed the entire first-instance verdict, related to the charges of Fraudulent appropriation of property, Money laundering, and Illegally transporting currency across the border.

Ho Chi Minh City absolutely prohibits any exploitation of organizational restructuring and personnel downsizing for corruption, waste, or negative practices.

Truong My Lan is appealing the entire verdict in the case involving Van Thinh Phat Group, phase 2.

The appellate court ruled against accepting the appeal for exemption from 674 billion VND in court fees filed by defendant Truong My Lan, while upholding her responsibility to fully compensate for all damages.

After nearly a month of trial and deliberation, the Ho Chi Minh City High Court announced its verdict on defendant Truong My Lan and 47 other defendants who appealed in the case involving Van Thinh Phat Group.

According to the panel of judges, the defendant Tri has fully rectified the consequences, has many outstanding achievements, and is currently in poor health, providing grounds for a reduction in his sentence from 8 years to 6 years in prison.

Defendant Truong My Lan was sentenced to death for the crimes of embezzlement, bribery, and violating regulations on lending in the operations of credit institutions.

The Ho Chi Minh City High Court announced its verdict in the appeal hearing of the case involving Van Thinh Phat Group, Saigon Commercial Bank, and related entities and organizations in phase 1.

After the defendants' final statements, the panel of judges announced that they would deliberate for an extended period and pronounce the verdict in the first phase of the Van Thinh Phat appeal trial on the morning of December 3rd.

Having paid 1,2 billion VND to mitigate the consequences and actively participated in charitable activities, defendant Truong Khanh Hoang, former acting General Director of SCB, was recommended by the Procuratorate for a further reduction in his sentence.

The prosecution argued that the consequences of the case were unprecedented, and the amount of money embezzled by the defendant Truong My Lan was exceptionally large, therefore maintaining the proposed death penalty for the defendant.

The prosecution requested SCB to provide information on pre-merger debt, current outstanding debt, debt refinancing loans, and the amount withdrawn by defendant Truong My Lan, but SCB refused.

The defense lawyer for defendant Truong My Lan stated that a Malaysian billionaire wanted to invest in Project 6A, helping Ms. Lan mitigate the consequences of the case with a potential revenue of 20.000 billion VND.

The High People's Procuracy in Ho Chi Minh City believes that, despite additional mitigating circumstances, Truong My Lan still does not meet the criteria for a reduced sentence, and therefore recommends upholding the death penalty.