Việt Á imported 3 million COVID quick test kits from China at less than US$1 apiece: VN customs


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HÀ NỘI — Việt Á Technologies JSC, the company which has been prosecuted for overcharging RT-PCR COVID-19 tests, had imported three million quick test kits from China at less than US$1 per kit, said the General Department of Việt Nam Customs (GDVC). The deal from China was worth VNĐ64.7 billion (US$2.8 million) in total. Last month, the police arrested and initiated legal proceedings against Phan Quốc Việt, general director of Việt Á Technologies, for raising the price of RT-PCR COVID-19 test kits and bribery of health officials to facilitate purchases of their test kits. According to the GDVC, Phan Quốc...