Hanoi (VNA) – The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat metunder the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on April 18 and 21 toconsider disciplinary measures against certain Party organisations and Party members at the proposal of the Central Inspection Commission.

The Secretariat reached the conclusion on the wrongdoings and lawviolations related to the environmental incident in the central region of theParty Affairs Section of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment(MoNRE) and several officials under the management of the Party CentralCommittee Secretariat as follows:

- The MoNRE’s Party Affairs Section of the 2011-2016 tenure showed alack of responsibility and lax leadership of inspection and supervision work,resulting in the ministry and some individuals violating State regulations onenvironmental protection and water resources management involving Formosa HaTinh steel-making project, thus causing serious environment consequences,affecting political security and social order and safety.

- Nguyen Minh Quang, former Party Central Committee member, formerSecretary of the MoNRE’s Party Affairs Section, and former Minister of NaturalResources and Environment, must bear responsibility as the top leader forviolations committed by the MoNRE Party Affairs Section (2011-2016 tenure).

- Bui Cach Tuyen, former member of the MoNRE’s Party Affairs Section,former Deputy Minister of the MoNRE and former head of the EnvironmentAdministration was also responsible for the violations and mistakes committedby the MoNRE’s Party Affairs Section in 2011-2016 tenure. He was irresponsiblewhen approving environment impact assessment reports and ignored warnings aboutimpacts on the environment. Tuyen also showed a lax leadership over thesupervision and inspection of Formosa’s construction of environment facilities.

- Nguyen Thai Lai, former member of the MoNRE’s Party Affairs Sectionand former Deputy Minister of the MoNRE was also responsible for the violationsand mistakes committed by the MoNRE’s Party Affairs Section in 2011-2016tenure. He showed irresponsibility in verifying and approving licences forFormosa’s wastewater discharge offshore against the rule.

- Vo Kim Cu, Secretary of the Party Delegation and President of the VietnamCooperatives Alliance, who used to be Secretary of the Party Committee of HaTinh province, Secretary of the Party Affairs Section and Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee, bore the main responsibility for violations andmistakes committed by the provincial Party Affairs Section and the provincialPeople’s Committee in the 2008-2016 period and by the provincial economic zonemanagement board in 2008-2010. Cu himself signed many documents in violation ofregulations, such as granting investment certificate; allowing the lease of seasurface; allowing Formosa to conduct land clearance to build wastewaterpipelines against the rules, while failing to keep close supervision and inspectionof the implementation of the project.

The Secretariat voted in unanimity on disciplinary measures towardsthose officials, including giving a warning to the MoNRE’s Party AffairsSection of 2011-2016 tenure, and to Nguyen Minh Quang.

Bui Cach Tuyen and Nguyen Thai Lai were dismissed from their post as membersof the MoNRE’s Party Affairs Section of 2011-2016 tenure.

Vo Kim Cu was dismissed from his post as member of the provincial PartyCommittee in two tenures of 2005-2010 and 2010-2015, (which also included dismissinghim from the posts of Secretary of the Party Affairs Section of the provincialPeople’s Committee, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee andSecretary of the provincial Party Committee in line with Party regulations).

At the same time, the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat required theParty Affairs Board of the Government to instruct the imposition of administrativepunishment on the MoNRE and the above mentioned officials.-VNA