The National Assembly (NA) approved a resolution relieving Nguyen Phu Cuong from the posts of member of the NA Standing Committee and Chairman of the NA Finance-Budget Committee, as part of its ongoing fifth session in Hanoi on May 22.
Former Chairman of the NA Finance-Budget Committee Nguyen Phu Cuong (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly (NA)approved a resolution relieving Nguyen Phu Cuong from the posts of member of theNA Standing Committee and Chairman of the NA Finance-Budget Committee, as partof its ongoing fifth session in Hanoi on May 22.
Under the resolution, which won the approval of 462 out of 464 participating legislators, the NA also let Cuong to stop servingas a NA deputy of the southern province of Dong Nai for its 15th tenure.
The Party Central Committee on May 15 agreed to let Cuongcease holding the position of member of the 13th Party Central Committee.
Cuong submitted his application on May 16 to stopserving as a NA deputy and cease holding the post elected by the 15thlegislature.
During its 23rd meeting in last November,the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission concluded that the PartyCivil Affairs Committee of the Dong Nai Province People’s Committee had violatedthe principle of democratic centralism and working regulations. They displayed alack of responsibility and lax management and leadership, letting the People’sCommittee and many organisations and individuals violate the Party’sregulations and the State’s laws during the implementation of some projects andequitisation. Some officials and Partymembers also showed degradation in political ideology, morality, andlifestyle, and violated regulations for Party members.
The Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee,the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the People’s Committee, and other officials,including Cuong, member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary ofthe Party Committee, and Chairman of the NA Finance-Budget Committee shouldbear the responsibility for such violations and wrongdoings, it said.
Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha (Photo: VNA)
The same day, the legislature ratified anotherresolution approving the Prime Minister’s proposal on the relief of Minister ofNatural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha for the 2021-2026 term.
During its second extraordinary meeting on January5, 2023, the NA approved the appointment of Ha as Deputy Prime Minister for2021-2026. Since then, Ha has worked as Deputy PM and Minister of Natural Resourcesand Environment./.
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Former Chairman of the NA Finance-Budget Committee Nguyen Phu Cuong (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha (Photo: VNA) 
