The 'diamond tycoon's' business is being forced to pay taxes because of a debt of nearly 1,000 billion VND.

Nghe An Thien Minh Duc Company of "diamond tycoon" Chu Dang Khoa owes nearly 1,000 billion VND in taxes, and has just been forced by Nghe An Tax Department to pay by withdrawing money from the bank.

The information was announced by the Nghe An Provincial Tax Department on January 24. Accordingly, the tax debt of nearly 940 billion VND includes late payment of personal income tax, value added tax, environmental protection tax, administrative fines... Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company, address No. 2A, Le Mao Street, Vinh City, was forced to pay by withdrawing money from 12 of their bank accounts.

Nghe An Tax Department requests banks to withdraw money from these accounts and deposit it into the collection account of Nghe An State Treasury. In case the amount in the company's account is less than the amount in the enforcement decision, the bank must still withdraw the remaining amount after deducting the minimum balance to maintain the account and continue to monitor and withdraw the arising amount in the account.

The decision is effective for 30 days and expires if Thien Minh Duc pays all outstanding tax.

The headquarters of Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company is on Le Mao Street, Vinh City. Photo: Duc Hung

Previously, in December 2023, the Nghe An Tax Department announced a temporary suspension of exit for Ms. Chu Thi Thanh, born in 1960, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company due to tax arrears. According to public data as of the end of 2023, this enterprise topped the list of tax arrears in the province.

Thien Minh Duc was established in 2001, has an ecosystem with many subsidiaries and branches operating in the fields of petroleum, liquefied gas, real estate, paper and packaging production, logistics, restaurants, hotels, entertainment areas, maritime transport...

In Nghe An, in 2019, Thien Minh Duc put the largest petroleum depot in the North Central region into operation with a total investment of more than 1,400 billion VND. By 2022, the company will have a distribution network of 100 retail agents of petroleum under the DKC Petro brand and about 100 direct purchasing units for distribution nationwide, a system of seaports and warehouses in all 3 regions of the North, Central and South.

A Thien Minh Duc petrol retail outlet in Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province has hung a sign saying "temporarily closed for repairs" for the past few weeks. Photo: Duc Hung

Nghe An and Ha Tinh are where Thien Minh Duc has many DKC Petro retail agents. However, recently, some of the oil agents have hung up "temporarily closed for repairs" signs, or erased the DKC letters from their signs and transferred them to other units for exploitation.

The founding shareholder structure of Thien Minh Duc includes Ms. Chu Thi Thanh holding more than 68.25% of shares; Mr. Chu Dang Khoa, also known as the "diamond tycoon" and Ms. Thanh's son, holding more than 31.65% of shares. The remaining 0.1% is Mr. Vuong Dinh Quan.

This enterprise just changed its business registration at the end of September 2023, with a charter capital of more than 2,000 billion VND. Of which, Ms. Chu Thi Thanh holds 77.15%; "diamond tycoon" Chu Dang Khoa holds 22.77% and Mr. Quan holds 0.08%.

Duc Hung

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