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Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa – former Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce – Photo: TT
“I have no information about the arrest of Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa in France,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said on the afternoon of November 19 in Hanoi when asked to verify Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa. – The issue is sought by the Ministry of Public Security.
Earlier, Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa and former Minister of Industry and Commerce Vu Huy Hoang received a decision to prosecute the defendants by the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security to investigate the charges of “violation of the rules of management, The use of state assets causes losses and waste “in the case of selling cheap land” gold “to Sabeco.
According to the indictment, former Minister of Industry and Commerce Vu Huy Hoang and his accomplices, including Ms Thoa, caused damage of more than 2.7 billion VND.
On August 16, 2017, the Prime Minister issued a decision to remove Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa from the post of Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce. After being fired, Ms. Thoa went abroad. The police investigation agency has made the decision to want her.
As of May 1, 2020, the extradition agreement that includes 24 articles between Vietnam and France signed in 2016 came into force.
