Suspend a series of officials related to the tree cutting case

On March 22, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen The Thao chaired a meeting on the implementation of the project to renovate and replace urban trees in Hanoi.

(Source: Vietnam+)

According to the conclusion of Chairman Nguyen The Thao at the meeting, Hanoi city established an interdisciplinary inspection team to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the replacement of trees on a number of streets in recent times.

The inspection delegation will be chaired by the City Inspector, with members including representatives of the leaders of the following agencies: City Police, Department of Finance, Department of Planning and Architecture, Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Science and Technology; representatives of the City Party Committee's Inspection Committee and the City Party Committee's Propaganda Department will be invited to join the delegation.

Chairman Nguyen The Thao requested that within 30 days at the latest, the delegation must report the results for the City People's Committee to consider and decide.

Chairman Nguyen The Thao also requested the Director of the Department of Construction to review personal responsibilities according to the direction of the Chairman of the City People's Committee in the Conclusion Notice dated20/3/2015; review the responsibility of the Deputy Director directly in charge, relevant agencies, organizations and individuals; at the same time, temporarily suspend the work of the Department Head, Deputy Department Head, and civil servants directly involved in performing the above tasks to serve the inspection work.

The Director of the Department of Information and Communications presides over and coordinates with press and media agencies to accurately, fully and promptly inform the public of the policies and directions of the City People's Committee.

Previously, at a working session with the Nam Tu Liem District Party Committee, Politburo member and City Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi said that the city's leaders had agreed to stop replacing trees on the streets according to the Department of Construction's project and requested that responsible agencies properly evaluate and carefully review each tree that was intended to be removed or replaced.

According to the direction of the City Party Secretary, relevant units "must consider each tree one by one with the spirit of minimizing the removal of planted trees. The core issue is to harmoniously combine the inheritance of the old and existing with editing and innovation."

The City Party Secretary commented: "The method and manner of implementing the recent tree replacement was hasty and simple."

More specifically, the Secretary of the City Party Committee directed: If it is determined that the soapberry tree is not suitable for planting on urban roads, then from now on, we will not plant soapberry trees anymore. If it is necessary to remove them, we will only remove trees that are at risk of breaking, falling, or being dangerous, not all the soapberry trees that are thriving on every street.

The Secretary of the City Party Committee reminded the city agencies that in addition to having a roadmap and appropriate steps in replacing trees in the city, they must do a good job of propaganda so that people understand and create consensus. When people's opinions are not in agreement, they need to stop to listen and absorb the correct opinions.

At the same time, the City Party Secretary requested individuals and units to seriously correct and overcome the limitations and shortcomings in recent practices./.

According to Vietnam+