On March 26, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department completed the investigation conclusion and requested the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy to prosecute 254 defendants related to the violations that occurred at the Vietnam Register, 11 registration centers in Ho Chi Minh City, and 3 registration centers in Long An, Ben Tre, and Soc Trang.

In the case, 134 defendants were proposed to be prosecuted for accepting bribes; 53 defendants were proposed to be prosecuted for giving bribes; 5 defendants were proposed to be prosecuted for brokering bribes; 10 defendants were proposed to be prosecuted for forging documents of agencies and organizations. The remaining defendants were proposed to be prosecuted for forgery in work, production, purchase, sale, exchange or donation of tools, equipment, software for illegal use...

The investigation conclusion shows that the defendant Dang Viet Ha, as Director of the Vietnam Register, is the head responsible for leading and directing all activities of the Register, assigned with the task of state management of registration work nationwide. However, the defendant Dang Viet Ha did not properly perform his assigned duties and tasks, loosened management, and lacked inspection and supervision, allowing the departments under the Vietnam Register, registration centers, and registration branches nationwide to systematically commit violations and negative acts over a long period of time.

It is worth mentioning that when discovering violations and negativity, Dang Viet Ha did not correct or handle them but instead took advantage of them for personal gain. Dang Viet Ha continued to make illegal policies and instructions in the direction of increasing his own benefit from the amount of negative money and bribes received by officers of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department.

The conclusion shows that the defendant Tran Viet Ha must bear general criminal responsibility for the bribe amount received from the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department from August 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 of VND 31.1 billion, the bribe amount received from 4 inspection centers of block V in Ho Chi Minh City from April 1, 2022 to November 2022 of VND 7.6 billion, the bribe amount received from 5 inspection centers of block V in Hanoi of VND 780 million and the bribe amount of the directors of inspection centers of block D of VND 680 million.

According to the Investigation Conclusion, the total amount of bribes for which defendant Tran Viet Ha must bear criminal responsibility is more than 40 billion VND, of which Ha benefited more than 8.7 billion VND and 13,000 USD. Dang Viet Ha's actions constituted the crime of "receiving bribes".

In addition, the investigation concluded that the defendant Nguyen Vu Hai, in his role as Deputy Director of the Vietnam Register in charge of the activities of the River Ship Department, took advantage of his position, authority, and job position to violate regulations and approved the granting of full capacity to facilities that did not meet the prescribed conditions, creating conditions for the shipbuilding facility to operate illegally. The defendant Nguyen Vu Hai committed the crime of "abusing position and authority while performing official duties".

Received bribes from 16 companies to ignore errors

Regarding the group of leaders of the Vietnam Register, leaders, officers, and inspectors of the Vehicle Inspection Department (VAR), including: Tran Ky Hinh (former Director of the Vietnam Register), Dang Viet Ha, Tran Anh Quan (acting Head of the Vehicle Inspection Department), Dang Tran Khanh (Deputy Head of the Vehicle Inspection Department), Nguyen Duc Toan, Trinh Binh Duong, Hoang Xuan Thao, Vu Hong Quang, Tran Ngoc Anh, Pham Duc Long, Nguyen Minh Tuan, Nguyen Anh Hiep, Nguyen Phuong Nam, Nghiem Van Cuong, Nguyen Tuan Chau, Nguyen Van Huy, Nguyen Thai Duong. The police determined that these defendants took advantage of their assigned positions and powers during the process of evaluating design documents for vehicle modifications to receive bribes from 16 companies. At the same time, they ignored errors and mistakes in the design documents to share the benefits.

In addition, during the process of granting operating licenses and periodically inspecting and evaluating the inspection center, the defendants Tran Ky Hinh, Tran Anh Quan, Dang Tran Khanh, and Pham Duc Ngoc received bribes from Tran Buu Tung - Director of Inspection Center 50-19D (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) to ignore the shortcomings in the licensing documents and violations in the inspection line.

Some defendants also participated in establishing "backyard" companies operating in the field of renovation design, giving bribes to VAR inspectors.

The actions of the above subjects constitute the crimes of "receiving bribes" and "giving bribes".