The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission held its 42nd meeting from June 12-14. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương Hoa

HÀ NỘI — The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission held its 42nd meeting from June 12-14, during which it proposed disciplinary measures against a number of Party organisations and members for violating Party regulations.

The commission looked into the case of the Party delegation to the Finance Ministry, saying it has violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations, and showed a lack of responsibility and relaxed leadership and instruction, letting the ministry and several organisations and individuals violate the Party’s regulations and the State’s laws in State management and in giving consultations and promulgating mechanisms and policies on issuing and trading corporate bonds, including businesses under Vạn Thịnh Phát Group and An Đông Group; as well as in State budget management related to the AIC company and businesses in the AIC ecosystem.

Such violations have caused serious consequences along with risks of huge losses to State assets and damage to bond investors, adversely affecting the investment and business environment and social order and safety, triggering public concern, and negatively affecting the reputation of the Party organisation and State management agency, to the extent that they must be reviewed and handled.

The commission said the Party delegation to the Finance Ministry for the 2016-21 term; and Đinh Tiến Dũng, Politburo member, Secretary of Hà Nội's Party Committee, former Secretary of the ministry’s Party delegation and former Finance Minister; Võ Thành Hưng, member of the ministry’s Party delegation and Deputy Minister; and former members of the ministry’s Party delegation and Deputy Ministers Huỳnh Quang Hải, Đỗ Hoàng Anh Tuấn and Vũ Thị Mai; and some other Party organisations and members must bear the main responsibility for the above-said violations and wrongdoings.

The Inspection Commission decided to issue warnings against the Standing Board of the Party Committee of the General Department of Customs for the 2015-20 term; the Party Committee of the Department of Planning and Finance for the 2015-20 term; the Party cells of the Department of Public and Administrative Finance and the State Budget Department for the 2015-17, 2017-20, 2020-22 tenures; and Huỳnh Quang Hải; Phạm Văn Trường, Secretary of the Party cell, Director of the State Budget Department; Nguyễn Trường Giang, Secretary of the Party cell, Director of the Department of Public and Administrative Finance; Nguyễn Dương Thái, former Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs; and Phạm Văn Việt, former Secretary of the Party cell, Director of the Department of Finance and Administration under the General Department of Customs.

It reprimanded the Party cell of the Finance Department of Banks and Financial Institutions for the 2017-20 and 2020-22 terms; and Đỗ Hoàng Anh Tuấn, Vũ Thị Mai, Võ Thành Hưng; and Phan Thị Thu Hiền, Secretary of the Party cell, Director of the Finance Department of Banks and Financial Institutions; and Lê Ngọc Khoa, former Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of the Department of Planning and Finance.

The committee asked competent authorities to consider disciplinary actions against the Party delegation to the Ministry of Finance and Đinh Tiến Dũng.

The committee requested the Party delegation to the Ministry of Finance to direct the timely correction of the violations and shortcomings; and coordinate in handling the organisations and individuals that committed violations.

At the meeting, the commission also examined the violations of and decided disciplinary measures against the Party delegation to the People’s Committee of the central province of Ninh Thuận.

The Inspection Commission decided to issue warnings against the Party delegation to the provincial People's Committee for the 2016-21 tenure, and Lưu Xuân Vĩnh, former Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party delegation and former Chairman of the provincial People's Committee; while reprimanding the Departments of Planning and Investment, Finance, Construction, and Environment and National Resources for the 2015-20 tenure; and a number of individuals.

The inspection commission also proposed competent authorities to consider disciplinary measures against Nguyễn Văn Yên, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, member of the Standing Board of the Party Committee and Chairman of its Inspection Commission; and issued disciplinary measures against some former officials of Bình Định, Bình Dương, Long An and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu provinces. — VNS