VietNamNet Bridge – On October 10, the police of Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City said that they caught four gamblers in the act at the home of Pham Huu Thuong, the eldest son of the CEO of the giant Binh An SeaFood Joint Stock Company (Bianfishco) Pham Thi Dieu Hien.

At around 3pm on September 30, the Ninh Kieu District Police caught in the act four gamblers, including: Pham Huu Thuong (born 1979), Lam Viet Hung (1964), Dang Thanh Toan (1983) and Nguyen Van Dong (1983) at Thuong's home. All of them are resident in Ninh Kieu district.

The police seized some exhibits, including: VND4.5 million in cash and 6 decks of cards. Police searched gamblers’ vehicles and seized more than VND20 million and $500. The gamblers were arrested but they were released the next day.
 
Pham Huu Thuong used to be a member of the Board of Directors of Bianfisco. When Dieu Hien went overseas for medical treatment, Thuong withdrew from the Board of Directors and transferred his one million shares to another person.  

It is said that the houses where the police caught in the act gambling was owned by Ms. Dieu Hien.

The four people have been prosecuted for gambling.
 
Bianfishco, the company of Pham Thi Dieu Hien, a well-known businesswoman in the south, was exposed in February 2012, after her son’s luxurious wedding which caught the special attention from the public with the “demonstration” of a series of luxurious cars running from HCM City to Can Tho City. It was estimated that the wedding cost multi billions dong.

While the wedding was taking place inside Hien’s residence, a lot of farmers gathered outside the house asking Hien to pay debts.

Just several days after the weddings, Hien left Vietnam for Singapore to have healthcare services as informed by her husband, who has taken the office as Bianfishco’s General Director during the time Hien was away.

When asked how to deal with the debt worth more than one trillion dong, the husband said that he would sell factories to pay debts. Bianfishco’s workers were told to stay off work for indefinite time, while the General Director has many times defaulted on paying debts to farmers.

Bianfishco, which reportedly incurred big losses, could not pay money to farmers and owed the huge debts of trillions of dong to commercial banks, has suddenly revived after it received the support from the Ministry of Finance’s Debt and Asset Trade Company (DATC), a powerful state owned business in June 2012
 
Quoc Huy - B.Minh