Disciplinary action proposed for Standing Board of Military Medical University’s Party Committee
The Central Military Commission’s Inspection Committee has decided to propose disciplinary actions be taken against the Standing Board of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Military Medical University in the 2015 - 2020 and 2020 - 2025 tenures, along with 12 officers involved in wrongdoings relevant to the Viet A Technologies JSC.
General Luong Cuong (standing), Chairman of the Central Military Commission’s Inspection Committee, speaks at the meeting in Hanoi on March 21. (Photo: qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The CentralMilitary Commission’s Inspection Committee has decided to propose disciplinaryactions be taken against the Standing Board of the Party Committee of theVietnam Military Medical University in the 2015 - 2020 and 2020 - 2025 tenures,along with 12 officers involved in wrongdoings relevant to the Viet ATechnologies JSC.
At its seventh meeting heldin Hanoi on March 21, the committee pointed out that the Standing Board of theuniversity’s Party Committee in those tenures hadviolated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations, loosenedleadership, and lacked sense of responsibility as well as examination andsupervision, thus enabling many cadres and Party members, including key leaders ofthe university, to violate the Party’s rules, the State’s laws, along with regulationsof the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence duringthe proposal and implementation of a national-level scientific andtechnological task of developing a COVID-19 test kit and during the procurementof medical supplies and test kits from the Viet A Technologies JSC.
The wrongdoings andshortcomings by the Standing Board of the university’s Party Committee have caused so serious consequences that disciplinaryactions must be considered, the Inspection Committee said, agreeing to proposedisciplinary measures be taken against this Standing Board and the 12 involvedofficers./.
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General Luong Cuong (standing), Chairman of the Central Military Commission’s Inspection Committee, speaks at the meeting in Hanoi on March 21. (Photo: qdnd.vn) 
