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On December 13, the Investigative Police of the Ministry of Public Security (C03) reported that it had issued decisions to prosecute the defendants, search warrants and apply a deterrent measure to 14 defendants who are agents and leaders. of Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), Vietnam Steel Corporation (VietnamS), on violations of regulations on the management and use of state assets, causing losses, waste and irresponsibility. serious consequences. This is the latest advance in the process of expanding the investigation of a case of violation of the regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses, waste and irresponsibility, causing serious consequences that occur in the open project. production phase 2 – Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Company (TISCO).
The case that occurred in TISCO is one of the great economic crimes of corruption, classified by the Central Steering Committee as an anti-corruption class to be monitored and directed. At the time C03 processed the case in April 2019, five former leaders of VietnamS and TISCO were arrested and detained, including: Mai Van Tinh, former chairman of the VietnamS board of directors; Dau Van Hung, former CEO of VietnamS; Tran Trong Mung, former CEO of TISCO; Tran Van Kham, former Chairman of the Board of TISCO and Ngo Sy Han, former Deputy CEO of TISCO.
Equipment capital is more than 110%, after 10 years, it still covers
Since the end of 2017, the Government Inspector participated, determined that TISCO had paid for the project about 4,500 billion VND, of which the cost of the equipment was more than 2,100 billion VND, the construction cost was almost 1 billion VND … Total balance The principal debt, bank interest payable on the project is 3.9 billion … equivalent to the total investment of the original project. Due to too long a delay in progress, more than 10 years, many equipment and machines were damaged and seriously degraded, and the interest payable exceeded 40 billion VND / month.
Chinese contractors went through a lot of outdated equipment
According to the Government Inspection, at the time of the inspection, the TISCO investor had paid the MCC contractor more than 92% of the contract value, but the main elements of the EPC package had not been completed. Since 2013, MCC and its contractors have stopped construction. TISCO paid the tax amount of 11.6 million dollars on behalf of MCC, the payment for handling equipment is almost 5 billion dong, exceeding the value of the contract. Meanwhile, MCC has not transferred enough equipment according to the list and has provided many machinery and equipment with different origins and specifications that do not conform to Vietnamese standards.
The Government Inspector noted that MCC delivered 42 cars with the value of payment of more than 1 million dollars without import tax, but all these vehicles had the difference in tonnage between the files that TISCO requested for registration. , with the results of the inspection of the Registration Department. Of these, there are 29 dump trucks capable of transporting 16 tons / vehicle. However, each of the test results contained only about 9.4 tons. MCC also delivered 5 locomotives worth US $ 5.4 million that did not meet specifications, suppliers under signed contracts … In total, MCC delivered machinery and equipment with differences in export. Origin, specifications, inconsistent with Vietnamese standards are worth up to 38.8 million dollars. Currently, some supplied equipment has been rusted, damaged, seriously affecting the quality and progress of the project.
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