Before the disease-infected meat case at Halong Canned Food: Foreign shareholders sold all shares, Chairman and Chief Accountant resigned en masse

The Halong Canned Food Joint Stock Company is facing a case involving 130 tons of pig meat infected with African swine fever. Prior to this incident, in March 2025, major foreign shareholders sold all of their 732,400 shares, completely withdrawing from the company. On the same day, several internal shareholders also divested, resulting in nearly 2 million shares changing hands, accounting for about 40% of the charter capital. On April 11, 2025, the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors, along with the Supervisory Board, all submitted resignation letters. The company subsequently conducted a re-election of its new leadership. By July and August 2025, the Chief Accountant also resigned. In September 2025, authorities discovered and arrested individuals transporting 1.2 tons of spoiled meat, leading to an expanded investigation and sealing of several warehouses, uncovering 130 tons of frozen pork infected with the virus. By December 2025, nine individuals had been prosecuted, including major players involved in collecting sick pigs.