Hanoi (VNA) – The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commissionconvened its 24th session on December 20 and 21 in Hanoi, deciding disciplinary measures on many Party organisations and individuals.
During the session, the commission concluded onmistakes and wrongdoings of the Party Civil Affairs Committee at the ForeignMinistry in the 2021-2026 tenure.
Accordingly, the Party Civil Affairs Committee at the Foreign Ministryhas violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations,showed a lack of responsibility, and slackened leadership, resulting in theForeign Ministry, many agencies and officials violating the Party’s rules andState’s laws in giving consultations on and organizing flights to bring overseasVietnamese home during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of officials and Partymembers have shown degradation in political ideology, ethics and lifestyle,violated the regulation on things that Party members are banned from doing andthe responsibility to set examples, and received bribery, thus being prosecutedand arrested.
A number of Party committees and Party committee’s standingboards of the Party organisations at the Foreign Ministry, the GovernmentOffice, the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department, the Public SecurityMinistry’s Immigration Department, and some other Party organisations and Partymembers also had to bear responsibility in connection with those violations andmistakes.
🔥 The Inspection Commission decided to give a reprimand to the standing board ofthe Party Committee of the Foreign Ministry, and a warning to the PartyCommittee of the Consular Department.
Several officials at Vietnamese embassies abroad were expelledfrom the Party, namely Nguyen Hong Ha, Consul General in Osaka, Japan; Ly TienHung, former official at the Vietnamese embassy in Russia; Nguyen Le Ngoc Anh,official at the Vietnamese embassy in Malaysia; and Vu Ngoc Minh, former officialat the Vietnamese embassy in Angola.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Tran Viet Thai was stripped of all positionsin the Party during the 2020-2025 tenure.
Former Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau, Consul General inFukuoka (Japan) Vu Binh and Pham Nhu Y at the Vietnamese Embassy in India weregiven a warning.
The commission requested that the Politburo and the PartyCentral Committee’s Secretariat consider and mete out disciplinary measuresagainst the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Foreign Ministry in the2016-2021 and 2021-2026 tenures; Party Central Committee member, Secretary ofthe Party Civil Affairs Committee of the Foreign Ministry and Foreign Minister BuiThanh Son; and former Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam.
The commission required the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the ForeignMinistry to work with the ministry’s Party Committee to lead the correction ofmistakes and violations, and discipline related organisations and individuals.
The commission also imposed disciplinary measures on the Party Civil Affairs Committeeat the Thai Nguyen provincial People’s Committee in the 2011-2016 and 2016-2021tenures along with a number of former officials of the province.
The Standing Board of the Party Committee at the ShipbuildingIndustry Corporation (Vinashin) in the 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 tenuresand a number of former and incumbent officials of the corporation were alsodisciplined.
🔴 The commission required the Party Civil Affairs Committee at the Ministry ofNatural Resources and Environment to strictly look back at its violations and wrongdoings,draw lessons and correct the mistakes./.