The men are 30-year-old Truong Chi Tai and 31-year-old LeVan Dinh, both from An Giang.
Previously, 42-year-old Phan PhiHung, 26-year-old Pham Thanh Hap, and 32-year-old Trang Van Ut, all from AnGiang, were detained for the same charge.
According to preliminary investigation results, Hung set uplinks with people at home and abroad, including Hap, Ut, Tai, and Dinh, in aneffort to illegally brought to Vietnam a 33-year-old man, who was later definedas patient No. 1,440, and eight others. Four out of the nine illegal immigrantstested positive for the coronavirus, patients No. 1,440, 1,451, 1,452 and 1,453.
On December 23, 2020, Hung received a phone call fromCambodia informing the arrival in Vietnam of the nine people in earlymorning the next day for further travelling to Chau Doc and Ho Chi Minh City.
Hung, in turn, called to inform Tai, Dinh, Hap, and Ut and toldUt to find a 7-seat car to carry the group.
After the group illegally entered Vietnam, Tai and Dinhpicked them up from a river wharf, then drove them to Hap’s house. Theinvestigation team also found that Tai and Dinh also played a role inguarding the road to avoid the detection of competent forces.
The case is under further investigation./.