Vietnam arrests two military officials in Covid test kit scam

Boxes of Covid-19 test kit by Viet A Technology Corporation in 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung

Two officials at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi were arrested Tuesday for their involvement in the test kit fraud of Viet A Technology Corporation.

Colonel Ho Anh Son, deputy director of the academy’s Military Medical Research Institute, is being investigated for "embezzlement" and "abuse of power and official position" in line with the Penal Code while Senior Colonel Nguyen Van Hieu, head of the Equipment and Supplies Department, is under investigation for "violating regulations on bidding, causing serious consequences."

Son was head of the research project to study and produce Covid-19 test kits in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh City-based medical tech firm Viet A Technology Corporation.

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