On the morning of March 29, after the indictment, the representative of the People's Procuracy proposed a 19-20 year prison sentence for former Vinashin chairman Pham Thanh Binh; the remaining defendants should be sentenced to between 3 and 18 years.

According to the representative of the People's Procuracy, defendant Pham Thanh Binh played a major role in violations in 3 projects including: investment in purchasing Hoa Sen high-speed train, construction of Song Hong thermal power plant and investment project in building Cai Lan Diesel thermal power plant. Due to repeated and serious crimes, this defendant was proposed to be sentenced to 19-20 years in prison.

Also having an active role in the case, defendant Tran Van Liem, former head of Vinashin's control board and former director of Vien Duong company, confessed honestly, so his sentence should be reduced and recommended to be 17-18 years in prison.

Also prosecuted for intentionally violating state regulations on economic management causing serious consequences, defendants Nguyen Van Tuyen, Trinh Thi Hau, Do Dinh Con, To Nghiem, Hoang Gia Hiep, and Tran Quang Vu were proposed to be sentenced to 11-18 years in prison.

As for defendant Nguyen Tuan Duong, the representative of the People's Procuracy proposed changing the charge from intentionally violating state regulations on economic management causing serious consequences to the charge of illegal use of property, with a proposed penalty of 3-4 years in prison.

Previously, according to the prosecution, the total damage caused by the defendants' crimes was about 900 billion VND. Specifically, in the Hoa Sen ship purchase deal, the authorities said that due to the incomplete infrastructure survey, the wharf system could not meet the ship's travel needs, forcing the construction of a number of additional items. However, this ship worth tens of millions of euros did not operate effectively, stopping after 39 trips, causing a loss of nearly 470 billion VND.

The prosecution agency alleged that the cause of the incident was due to the investment in purchasing the Hoa Sen ship not following the correct investment process and procedures, not preparing a final settlement report of the completed investment project to submit to the competent authority for approval... In which, defendant Pham Thanh Binh played the role of organizer, Tran Van Liem, Ho Ngoc Tung, Giang Kim Dat, Trinh Thi Hau and Hoang Gia Hiep were accomplices in committing the crime.

Authorities also said that due to ineffective investment and management of the Cai Lan Diesel Thermal Power Plant project, from 2007 to 2009, the operation caused a loss of tens of billions of VND, after which it had to stop operations. Similarly, at the Song Hong Thermal Power Plant construction project (Nam Dinh), the state also suffered a loss of more than 300 billion VND; the Binh Dinh Star ship investment project caused a loss of 30 billion VND and the sale of the Bach Dang Giang ship hull caused a loss of more than 27 billion VND.

According to Express