Sunday, December 13, 2020, 11:42 GMT+7
Nguyen Nhat Cam, former director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control, stands his trial at the Hanoi People’s Court on December 12, 2020. Photo: Danh Trong / Tuoi Tre
The former director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (Hanoi CDC) has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for violations related to the purchase of COVID-19 testing equipment.
The Hanoi People’s Court on Saturday imposed the jail term upon Nguyen Nhat Cam, former director of the Hanoi CDC for “violations of bidding regulations that caused serious consequences.”
Nine other defendants were sentenced to between three and 6.5 years in prison for similar offenses.