But the Ministry of Science and Technology’s official statement about the WHO’s acceptance of Viet A’s testing kits was false — the WHO had never recognised Viet A’s testing kit. The CEO of Viet A was once the CEO of Vinbiocare, and Vingroup bought out Viet A’s share of Vinbiocare just four months before the Viet A testing kit scandal was publicly exposed. It was only after the Ministry of Public Security went public in December 2021 that dozens of major media outlets exposed further details surrounding the scandal and the WHO’s Vietnam representative that the WHO had rejected Viet A’s testing kit.