Experts Le Duc Tho

Mr. Le Duc Tho has a doctorate in economic management and has held the positions of Deputy General Director, General Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietinbank; Chief of Office of the State Bank Vietnam. He has also served as Secretary of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee since July 2021. In early October, Mr. Tho, then a member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee, was dismissed from all positions in the Party for dishonestly explaining the origin of his assets. Mr. Tho's violation has been assessed by the investigation agency as "systematic, lasting for many years, causing extremely serious consequences, bad public opinion, frustration, affecting the Party's reputation, loss of personal reputation.

Regarding this case, the authorities previously requested Ms. Mai Thi Hong Hanh - Director of Xuyen Viet Oil Transport and Tourism Trading Company and her deputy. is Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Phuong on charges of violating regulations on management and use of State assets causing loss and waste, according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 219 of the Penal Code. Xuyen Viet Oil is one of 37 Petroleum business focal point (including aviation fuel business), established in 2005, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City. The market share of this enterprise is mainly distributed in a number of provinces in the Central Highlands region. On August 11, Xuyen Viet Oil had its export license revoked by the Minister of Industry and Trade. , importing petroleum was previously licensed on November 19, 2021 and valid until November 2026. Previously, according to the 2022 inspection conclusion, Xuyen Viet Oil enterprise had many violations in the field of petroleum business, including not meeting the conditions for a petroleum distribution system that must have a minimum At least 40 general agents or retail agents, or retail franchisees. Xuyen Viet Oil's purchase of petroleum from its subsidiaries (Viet Oil Group Lado Joint Stock Company) was determined by investigation inspectors to be a violation of Decree 83/2014 on petroleum trading. In addition, this enterprise also does not export, temporarily import, re-export, or transship petroleum; have not inspected and monitored the quality and operations of general agents and agents in the same system.