Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 15 issued decisions on imposing disciplinary measures against incumbent leaders and a former leader of the People’s Committee of Gia Lai province for their violations and shortcomings in performing their tasks.
Hanoi (VNA)༒ – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 15issued decisions on imposing disciplinary measures against incumbent leaders and a formerleader of the People’s Committee of Gia Lai province for their violations andshortcomings in performing their tasks.
Accordingly, the PM decided to dismiss Vo Ngoc Thanh from hisposition as Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee for the 2021-2026tenure and remove his same position in the 2016-2021 tenure. Earlier, on August 16, the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat dismissed Thanh from the position as Deputy Secretary of the provincial PartyCommittee for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures and Secretary of the Party Civil Affairs Committee of the provincial People's Committee for the 2016-2021 and 2021-2026 tenures. Warnings were imposed as disciplinary measures on Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee for the 2021-2026 tenure Do Tien Dong, Vice Chairmen of theprovincial People’s Committee for the 2021-2026 tenure Ho Phuoc Thanh and KpăThuyen, and former Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee for the2016-2021 tenure Nguyen Duc Hoang. During its 18th meeting on August 10-11, the PartyCentral Committee’s Inspection Commission decided to give warnings to Dong,Thuyen, Thanh and Hoang as a disciplinary measure due to their violations relatedto Dak Doa golf course project in Gia Lai./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Gia Lai Investment Promotion Conference 2022 in Pleiku city on May 21, which drew representatives from ministries, sectors, international organisations, businesses, investors and localities in the Central Highlands region.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with key officials of Gia Lai on May 22, part of his working trip to this Central Highlands province.
The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission held its 18th session in Hanoi from August 10 - 11 to discuss wrongdoings by several Party bodies and impose disciplinary measures against the officials involved.
The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat decided to remove Vo Ngoc Thanh from the post of Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Gia Lai province for the 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 tenures during its meeting in Hanoi on August 16 under the chair of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
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Vo Ngoc Thanh (Photo: VNA) 
