Forced dismissal of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac

Disciplinary action in the form of forced dismissal against Mr. Pham Cong Tac, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, due to very serious violations and shortcomings in his work.

The decision clearly states: Disciplinary action in the form of forced dismissal against Mr. Pham Cong Tac, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, due to very serious violations and shortcomings in his work; the Politburo and the Secretariat have taken Party disciplinary action.

* Previously, on June 4, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Politburo and the Secretariat to review and discipline the Party Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology for the 2016-2021 term.

After reviewing the proposal of the Central Inspection Commission, the Politburo and the Secretariat found that: The violations and shortcomings of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology for the 2016-2021 term caused serious consequences. Mr. Pham Cong Tac, member of the Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, has degraded in political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle; violated Party regulations and State laws; violated the Regulations on what Party members are not allowed to do, the Regulations on exemplary responsibility; caused very serious consequences, causing great loss and waste of the state budget; affected the work of preventing and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic; caused outrage in society; negatively affected the reputation of the Party organization and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Based on the content, nature, level of consequences, and cause of the violation, according to the Party's Regulations on discipline of Party organizations and Party members who violate the law, the Politburo decided to discipline the Party Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology for the 2016-2021 term with a warning. The Secretariat decided to discipline Mr. Pham Cong Tac by expelling him from the Party./.