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Giấy phép số 4978/GP-TTĐT do Sở Thông tin và Truyền thông Hà Nội cấp ngày 14 tháng 10 năm 2019 / Giấy phép SĐ, BS GP ICP số 2107/GP-TTĐT do Sở TTTT Hà Nội cấp ngày 13/7/2022.
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According to a Bao Tin Minh Chau spokesperson, all company operations continue normally and smoothly, even though founder Vu Minh Chau has been charged. At 6:00 PM on April 6, one hour after Hanoi Police announced that founder Vu Minh Chau and his son Vu Minh Tu (Head of Independent Affairs) and two female accountants had been charged with violating accounting regulations causing serious consequences, authorities alleged that their actions caused losses to the State budget estimated at about 150 billion VND. Bao Tin Minh Chau is one of Hanoi's leading gold brands, founded in 1995 by Vu Minh Chau. The brand currently operates four stores in Hanoi and more than 200 agents nationwide. According to the National Business Registration portal, Bao Tin Minh Chau has a charter capital of 400 billion VND, as of January 26 this year. Mr. Chau holds more than 97% of the shares. Residents waiting to buy gold at Bao Tin Minh Chau store on March 26. Photo: Giang Huy According to VNExpress, trading activity today continued normally. Since the morning, dozens of people had gathered at Bao Tin Minh Chau's outlets to trade. The number of buyers remained higher than sellers. By 5:30 PM today, half an hour after Hanoi Police released information, more than ten people remained at the Cau Giay Street store to buy gold. Meanwhile, sellers were almost non-existent. According to a staff member, today the company sells to each customer at most 1 tael of plain gold ring, with a per-person limit of one product. The brand has also run out of 0.5 tael rings; for transactions over 20 million VND, payment must be via bank transfer. At the end of the day, the brand quoted the price of plain gold rings at 168.1–171.1 million VND per tael, down more than 3 million VND from yesterday. More than ten people waiting to pay for gold at Bao Tin Minh Chau Cau Giay branch, 5:30 PM on 6/4. Photo: Trong Hieu

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