"Blow price" COVID-19 test kit profit 4000 billion: Director of Viet A was arrested, what action did the CDC of the provinces take?

Taking advantage of the urgency of the COVID testing needs of localities across the country, Viet A Company colluded with leaders of units that qualified for bidding documents and pushed the price of the Kit.

The case is causing concern in public opinion because at a time when the state, people and businesses have to spend billions of dong a day to pay for testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this "price tag" is silently made with huge amounts of money.

Selling test kits to earn 4,000 billion VND

It took the scouts of the special project committee for many months to roll around in many provinces and cities to collect information, documents, and track the path of the test kit to be able to uncover the "price-inflating" behavior of the people. This.

The initial investigation results determined that Viet A Company was established by Phan Quoc Viet, holding the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director, and legal representative.

In early 2020, the Ministry of Science and Technology approved the project "Research and manufacture of real-time PT-PCR and RT PCR biological kits to detect new strain of Corona virus nCoV" chaired by the Military Medical Academy.

In March 2020, the National Science and Technology Council approved the results of research and manufacturing and recommended the Ministry of Health to license the use of Real-time RT-PCR one-step kit (COVID test).

A month later, the Ministry of Health granted a circulation registration for the COVID-19 test product of Viet A Company.

Up to now, Viet A Company has supplied test kits to disease control centers and other medical facilities of 62 provinces and cities across the country with a turnover of nearly 4,000 billion VND.

It is worth mentioning that Phan Quoc Viet took advantage of the COVID-19 epidemic situation to "shake hands" with CDC directors in some localities to inflate the price of COVID-19 test kits to illegally benefit a large amount of money.

CDC Director Hai Duong received nearly 30 billion dong

Initial investigation results show that taking advantage of the urgency of the COVID-19 testing needs of localities across the country, this product is on the list of applying the shortened form of contractor appointment, so Phan Quoc Viet took the initiative. provide equipment, supplies, medical biological products in advance for hospitals, CDCs of provinces and cities to use.

Viet then colluded with the leaders of these units to validate the bidding documents by using legal entities in the system of making product offering documents, falsely confirming the quotations... much higher than that. with production costs.

At the same time, in order to be assigned to provide medical equipment and supplies in advance, consume in large quantities, and pay at the price proposed by Viet A Company, Phan Quoc Viet also agreed, agreed, and paid for the staff. Ministries, leaders of purchasing units with very large amounts of money.

Specifically, the investigation results at CDC Hai Duong showed that two Mr. Viet and Tuyen agreed and agreed that Viet A Company would provide COVID-19 test kits to this unit first, and then legalize the competition procedure. contractor.

After providing the test kit, the defendants signed a contract and made payment according to the provincial budget allocation for the Hai Duong CDC to fight the epidemic.

From February to November 2021, CDC Hai Duong officially signed and paid for Viet A Company 5 contracts to provide medical supplies and equipment with a total amount of nearly 152 billion.

Phan Quoc Viet spent a percentage of the contract for Pham Duy Tuyen, director of the Hai Duong CDC, nearly 30 billion VND.

C03 also clarified that in order to gain illicit profits and spend money outside the contract, Phan Quoc Viet and his subordinates Viet A Company inflated the price of equipment, the cost of input materials into the explanation of the price structure, determined the price structure. selling price is 470,000 VND/kit; negotiate and spend percentages of contracts for hospital leaders, CDCs of provinces and cities in the process of providing products.

What are the actions of the provincial CDCs?

Recently, the director of Long An CDC confirmed that he had bought 10,000 RT-PCR test kits from Viet A for more than 4 billion VND based on the reference price of the Ministry of Health, did not raise the price, did not receive "commission".

Meanwhile, the Nam Dinh CDC said that it bought a Covid test kit from Viet A, but "we do it according to the regulations, and whoever does it wrong must be held accountable before the law. We have reported it all to the Ministry of Health. and Department of Health".

After the leader of Viet A Company was prosecuted and investigated by the Ministry of Public Security, Lang Son province decided to stop the bidding package to buy chemicals and supplies worth nearly 2 billion VND to serve the epidemic prevention and control.

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