The first-instance trial of the case on the theft of confidential State documents involving former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung will open on December 11 behind closed doors, the Hanoi People’s Court has announced.

With a stolen key, an investigative officer broke in and stole secret documents to give to Hanoi’s former Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung.

Hanoi City authorities will join forces with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to investigate the alleged violations of Nhat Cuong Mobile and its subsidiaries, said Hoang Trung Hai, secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee.

The Investigation Police Agency  has launched legal proceedings against former deputy director of Hanoi Planning and Investment Department and two other defendants for their crimes related to the case Nhat Cuong Mobile.

The Standing Committee of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption has decided to keep an eye on the smuggling case related to giant mobile phone distributor Nhat Cuong and the $1.64 billion Da Nang - Quang Ngai highway project.

The Ministry of Public Security has asked the Interpol to issue a red notice for the owner of the Nhat Cuong Mobile store chain, Bui Quang Huy.

The Ministry of Public Security has asked Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung to direct city agencies to provide information on Nhat Cuong Mobile, as part of an investigation into the company’s violations.

Hanoi's government has spent more than VND7.2 billion, or 0.49% of the local budget allocation for information technology, on software services provided by Nhat Cuong Trading and Services Co., Ltd, for the past three years.

Police have arrested Bui Quang Huy, general director of mobile phone sales chain Nhat Cuong Mobile in Hanoi for trans-national smuggling activities.