PM disciplines incumbent, former officials of Khanh Hoa
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently issued disciplinary measures against some incumbent and former leaders of the south central province of Khanh Hoa for their “very serious” mistakes while performing duties.
Le Duc Vinh was dismissed from his post as Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure and his status as Vice Chairman of the committee in the 2011-2016 tenure (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phucrecently issued disciplinary measures against some incumbent and former leadersof the south central province of Khanh Hoa for their “very serious” mistakeswhile performing duties.
Accordingly, Le Duc Vinh was dismissed from hispost as Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenureand his status as Vice Chairman of the committee in the 2011-2016 tenure.
The PM also fired Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure Dao Cong Thien and stripped NguyenChien Thang from his status as Chairman of the committee between 2011 and 2016.
Tran Son Hai, former Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Committee in 2011-2016 and 2016-2021, was given a warning.
Earlier, the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat had also removed Vinh, Thien and Thang from all their posts in theParty. The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission issued a warning asthe disciplinary measure for Hai.
According to the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat, the Standing Board of the Khanh Hoa provincial Party Committee inthe 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 tenures and the Party unit of the provincialPeople’s Committee in the 2011-2016 and 2016-2021 tenures violated theprinciple of centralised democracy and working regulations. They also showed a lackof responsibility along with poor leadership and supervision and monitoring,causing many violations of law and shortcomings in land management and use andthe implementation of construction projects during a long period of time.
That led to “very serious consequences” and“very big losses” to land resources, asset and budget of the State, thus directlyaffecting defence – security, causing negative socio-economic impact, stirringpublic concern, and a bad effect on the Party organisation’s prestige.
Given this, the Secretariat decided to givewarning to the Standing Board of the Khanh Hoa provincial Party Committee andthe Party unit of the provincial People’s Committee./.
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Le Duc Vinh was dismissed from his post as Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee in the 2016-2021 tenure and his status as Vice Chairman of the committee in the 2011-2016 tenure (Photo: VNA) 
