The Ha Noi People’s Court yesterday opened the first hearing in the case of ex-banker Ha Van Tham and other 50 defendants for serious violations of State monetary policies.
The first-instance hearing of Ha Van Tham, former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Ocean Bank, and his accomplices will reopen on August 28, according to the Ha Noi People’s Court.
Former Ocean Bank chairman Ha Van Tham admitted his violations on Thursday, saying his actions were aimed at saving his job and preventing the bank from going bankrupt.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) officially acquired Ocean Bank on May
8, gaining all its equity, including its charter capital of some VND4
trillion (US$190.48 million).
The Ocean Bank blocked the accounts of Ocean Hospitality on January 7,
two days after it did the same with the hotel operator''s parent firm,
the Ocean Group.
Nguyen Minh Thu, newly-appointed chairwoman of the Ocean Bank board of
directors, has announced that the bank''s liquidity remained well-managed
following an increase in the number and amount of bank withdrawals.
The members of the management board of Ocean Hospitality, a subsidiary
of the Ocean Group, have temporarily appointed Huynh Trung Nam as their
chairman.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) has suspended Chairman of the Ocean
Commercial Joint Stock Bank''s Board of Directors Ha Van Tham for serious
violations of Viet Nam''s laws.