Phu Nhuan Jewellery, Vietnam’s largest listed jeweller, is facing a crisis of confidence after police detained the former head of its gem certification subsidiary over his alleged links to a transnational diamond-smuggling ring.Shares in PNJ, as the company is known, have plummeted more than 25 per cent since news of the investigation broke in early July.Police accuse Dang Ngoc Thao, the former director of wholly owned unit PNJ Laboratory, of involvement in a criminal network that allegedly smuggled diamonds from India to Vietnam via Hong Kong, according to a Ministry of Public Security statement.
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WED · 2026-07-15 · 02:51 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0715-93103
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Vietnam jeweller rattled by ex-official’s arrest over India-Hong Kong gem-smuggling ring
Phu Nhuan Jewellery (PNJ), Vietnam's largest listed jeweller, is experiencing a crisis of confidence following the arrest of its former PNJ Laboratory director, Dang Ngoc Thao. Police accuse Thao of involvement in a transnational diamond-smuggling ring that allegedly moved diamonds from India to Vietnam through Hong Kong.
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Phu Nhuan Jewellery (PNJ), Vietnam's largest listed jeweller, is experiencing a crisis of confidence following the arrest of its former PNJ Laboratory director, Dang Ngoc Thao. Police accuse Thao of involvement in a transnational diamond-smuggling ring that allegedly moved diamonds from India to Vietnam through Hong Kong. This investigation, which became public in early July, has caused PNJ's shares to drop by over 25 percent. The Ministry of Public Security has stated the accusations against Thao.
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Dang Ngoc Thao was the former director of wholly owned unit PNJ Laboratory.
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Police accuse Dang Ngoc Thao, former director of PNJ Laboratory, of involvement in a criminal network smuggling diamonds from India to Vietnam via Hong Kong.
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Shares in PNJ have plummeted more than 25 per cent since news of the investigation broke in early July.
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Phu Nhuan Jewellery (PNJ) is facing a crisis of confidence after police detained the former head of its gem certification subsidiary.
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