Thien Minh Duc Group Corporation was fined over 229 million VND for selling substandard gasoline.

Discovered that DKC gas station of Thien Minh Duc Group sells poor quality gasoline

(Baonghean.vn) - Authorities determined that Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company sold 3,224 liters of poor quality E5 Ron 92-II gasoline.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong has just signed a decision to administratively fine Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company (address: 2A, Le Mao Street, Vinh City, legal representative is Ms. Chu Thi Thanh - Chairman of the Board of Directors) with an amount of more than 229,667 million VND.

The reason Thien Minh Duc Group Corporation was penalized was because it sold products and goods with quality that did not comply with the provisions of the corresponding technical standards.

The decision to administratively sanction Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company was signed by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong. Photo: PB

Specifically, this company sold 3,224 liters of E5 Ron 92-II gasoline of unsuitable quality, with an Ethanol content of 0.67% by volume. Meanwhile, according to the National Technical Regulation QCVN 1:2015/BKHCN, the Ethanol content must reach 4-5% by volume, stipulated in Point a, Clause 7, Article 20 of Decree No. 119/2017/ND-CP dated November 1, 2017 of the Government. The value of the violating goods is more than 63.2 million VND.

In addition, Thien Minh Duc Group Corporation also sold gasoline to entities outside the trader's distribution system, as stipulated in Point c, Clause 2, Article 19 of Decree No. 67/2017/ND-CP dated May 25, 2017 of the Government.

For the act of selling poor quality E5 gasoline, Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company was fined 189,667,920 VND; fined 40,000,000 VND for the act of selling gasoline to entities outside the trader's distribution system.

Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company was also subject to an additional penalty of having its certificate of eligibility to retail gasoline revoked for a period of 1 month for the DKC Den Cuong gasoline store (address: Dien An commune, Dien Chau district).

DKC Den Cuong petrol station was discovered selling poor quality E5 petrol. Photo: PV

Previously, around June 2019, the inspection team signed by the Director General of the General Department of Market Management, Mr. Nguyen Tien Dat - Deputy Director of the Department of Professional Affairs as the head of the team inspected 3 petroleum business units in Nghe An province, including Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company.

At DKC Den Cuong petrol station, the inspection team took samples of E5 Ron 92-II gasoline and sent them to the Technical Center for Standards and Quality Measurement 2 under the General Department of Standards and Quality Measurement for testing. The result was that the E5 Ron 92-II gasoline sample of this company did not meet quality standards.