Where is the Viet A test kit now?

Test tool “around” corruption

In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, the Ministry of Science and Technology held a press conference to announce the results of the research and production of COVID-19 test kits led by the Military Medical Academy, in collaboration with the National Institute of Technology of the Viet A Joint Stock Company Technology. (Viet A Company). It is considered a national science and technology task, with a total funding of nearly 19 billion VND from the non-business scientific budget. At that time, the launch of RT-PCR and real-time RT-PCR biologic kits to detect the new strain of the 2019 Corona virus (2019-nCoV) was considered the pride of domestic companies, because these products were confirmed to be superior products. result of Vietnamese science and technology.

However, the hidden corners surrounding the aforementioned “scientific topics” are gradually being revealed, starting from the case of the Viet A Company test kit price burglary, to the corrupt behavior of embezzling the property of the owner of the subject. taking bribes from several local CDC directors…

Lieutenant General To An Xo, Head of Office and spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, said that Phan Quoc Viet (Director General of Viet A Enterprises) had “shake hands” with partners to raise the price of test kits by about 45%. . In particular, the amount of “commissions” issued by Viet A Companies to “partners” reached almost 800 billion VND.

In particular, according to the General Customs Department, from September to December 2021, Viet A Companies imported 3 million kits from China, the stated price was 0.955 USD/set (about 21,560 VND/set), the total value of 64.7 billion VND. And public opinion once “retreated” because the largest Covid-19 test kit factory in Viet A in the country is only 10m wide.²…

Many areas have been exhausted

During the fourth COVID-19 outbreak, Binh Duong was the worst-affected area when it came to the number of cases and deaths after only Ho Chi Minh City. At the time of “hot water”, the Ministry of Health introduced to the provinces, including Binh Duong, a list of businesses selling test kits to detect SARS-CoV-2, including Viet A Company. .

After the Ministry of Health allocated 5,000 test kits produced by Viet A Company to Binh Duong, CDC Binh Duong purchased 3 times with a total of 72,000 test kits produced by Viet A at a unit price of 470,000 – 509,250 VND /set. In addition, CDC Binh Duong also approved the winning Viet A Company to assign a package of VND 6.9 billion, providing 50,000 kits from an American manufacturer for VND 250,000/test. The total amount to be paid for the offer package with Viet A in Binh Duong is more than 40 billion VND.

Talk to PV Tien PhongA representative from the Binh Duong Health Department said that when local residents bought test kits from the Viet A Company, the epidemic situation became complicated, so they had to buy that much. Therefore, before Viet A was investigated by the Ministry of Public Security, this company’s test kit in Binh Duong was no longer available.

In Thanh Hoa, in order to meet anti-epidemic needs, in August 2021, the Ministry of Health applied for a permit to the Provincial People’s Committee to purchase materials, biological products and chemicals to prevent COVID-19, including real-life testing products. RT-PCR time. After that, the province spent 28.2 billion VND to buy 60,000 kits (at a price of 470,000 VND/set) produced by the Viet A Company. Trinh Huu Hung, Director of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Health Department, said that the number of biologic products that Thanh Hoa purchased of the Viet A Company had run out a few months ago.

Mr. Nguyen Phuc Thien – Deputy Director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Hai Duong said that when the police agency investigated the case of test kit price inflation related to the Viet A Company, the unit basically used it. almost all related equipment and biological products. Since then, the investigative agency has not made any decisions regarding the recall and sealing of the remaining medical equipment from this company. It is known, Viet A Company has sold COVID-19 test kits to CDC Hai Duong through 5 contracts with a total value of 151 billion VND.

The Government Inspectorate has sent documents to local ministries, branches, and People’s Committees requesting reports on the implementation of the inspection program orientation and the 2022 inspection plan of ministries, central and regional branches in the context of the complicated evolving COVID-19 outbreak; Especially the inspection of equipment procurement, health supplies, biological products, test kits, vaccines, medicines for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 outbreak. Earlier, the Government Inspectorate also announced a decision to inspect the procurement of medical equipment, biological supplies, test kits, vaccines and medicines to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and the Ministry of Health.

In response to a reporter’s question about the number of Viet A Company test kits that CDC Dak Lak and Bac Giang previously purchased, where were they used, given to anyone or handed over to investigative agencies? Health Department leaders in Bac Giang and Dak Lak both declined to provide information as their cases are being investigated by the investigative agency. According to reporter documents, CDC Dak Lak once purchased about 20,000 test kits from the Viet A Company, each test kit worth about 367,000 VND, the total amount is about 7 billion VND; and CDC Bac Giang purchased COVID-19 test kits manufactured by Viet A Company, with a total value of more than 148 billion VND.

Not enough supply?

Through PV . survey Tien Phong in several provinces such as Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Dak Lak ….shows that the market for COVID-19 test kits is mainly imported from the US, Taiwan (China), China, Korea, Japan… Very few places selling Vietnamese made products.

Of the 5 drugstores surveyed in Bac Giang, only one shop sells products made in Vietnam, the rest sell products from abroad.

“Previously, we also bought COVID-19 test kits from domestic companies. However, market demand is huge, while “Made in Vietnam” products are not produced in sufficient quantities. On the other hand, the price of domestic goods is still volatile and unstable, so we don’t import domestic products anymore,” said Phan Thanh Trinh, general director of the Joint Pharmaceutical and Medical Supplies Company of Dak Lak. Recently, the company has mainly imported test kits. COVID-19 from abroad.

Regarding the procurement of test equipment, recently the People’s Committee of Dak Nong Province approved a contractor selection plan for the Ministry of Health with 6 bid packages for procurement of health supplies, biological products, chemicals for epidemic prevention, but so far this has not been approved. results due to waiting for the announced price.

Therefore, the People’s Committee of Dak Nong Province proposes to the Government Service and the Ministry of Health to immediately guide the province to overcome difficulties and problems with the prices announced in the bidding and procurement of medical equipment (above). ).

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