Prominent pharma exec arrested in Ho Chi Minh City A black Ministry of Public Security car parked out front of the offices of a pharmaceutical company in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Bach Duong Officers from the Ministry of Public Security arrested a prominent pharmaceutical executive in Ho Chi Minh on Friday afternoon. Nguyen Minh Hung, chairman and CEO of the VN Pharma, a Ho Chi Minh City-based company, was transferred to Hanoi for further investigation that same day. Police searched Hung’s office on Ba Thang Hai Street the same night, carting off a number of documents. No search was conducted at Hung's home, a few blocks away. A report by VietnamNet news website said that Hung was arrested for falsifying his company’s profile to win contracts worth billions of dong to provide drugs to local hospitals. The three-year old company has grown at an “unbelievable speed” with many branches around the country.  By Thanh Tung, Thanh Nien News