Hanoi, Nov. 2 -- The Hanoi People's Court commenced the first-instance trial on the morning of November 2 for Chu Thi Thanh, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Thien Minh Duc Group Joint Stock Company, along with 22 other defendants, in a case involving embezzlement, the illegal issuance and trading of invoices for state budget payments, and tax evasion. Apart from 66-year-old Thanh, 11 other defendants are from Thien Minh Duc Company. They include Nguyen Thi Bich Lien (born in 1979, chief accountant), Le Thanh An (born in 1968, Deputy General Director), Mai Anh Tuyen (born in 1974, Deputy General Director). According to the indictment announced by the Supreme People's Procuracy at the trial, from 2020 to 2022, acting on Thanh's inst...