Suspend Electricity Director for attending a ceremony during working hours

On February 27, the press reported that many officials of the State Treasury of Nam Dinh City (Nam Dinh Province) and leaders of the Binh Luc District Electricity Company (Ha Nam Province) went to a temple during working hours on February 26.

After receiving the above information, on February 28, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung signed Document No. 2275/BTC-VP on handling violating civil servants, requesting the General Director of the State Treasury to urgently inspect, clarify and strictly handle units and individuals violating the Official Dispatch No. 240/CD-TTG and Document No. 173/TB-BTC in accordance with regulations, and report to the Minister of Finance before 11:00 a.m. the same day.

Image of officials going to church during working hours appeared on VTV1 (photo cut from VTV clip)

At the same time, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung also requested the General Director of the State Treasury to coordinate with the Nam Dinh Provincial Party Committee and relevant provincial authorities to take disciplinary action against violating units and individuals.

According to information from Mr. Vu Van Yen, Director of the State Treasury of Nam Dinh province, regarding the incident reported by the press about a number of officials and leaders of the State Treasury of Nam Dinh city going to a temple during working hours, the State Treasury of Nam Dinh province has decided to temporarily suspend 7 officials and leaders of the State Treasury of Nam Dinh city related to this incident.

Regarding Ha Nam Electricity Company, speaking with Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Tran Minh Dung, Director of Ha Nam Electricity Company said that before this incident happened, the Company had issued a directive document following the spirit of the Prime Minister that officials and civil servants are not allowed to attend festivals during working hours.

After the incident of Ha Nam Electricity Company officials going to a temple during working hours, the Company had an open-minded attitude, seriously accepted and reviewed, and strictly handled the violating officials. However, due to the nature of the electricity industry, which must ensure stable power supply and operation, while lacking human resources, the suspension was only applied to the head of the Binh Luc district electricity industry.

Other members are still assigned to production. During this time, these members must still write reports, review personal responsibilities, and carry out disciplinary procedures according to regulations.

Decision to temporarily suspend the Director of Binh Luc District Electricity Company

According to Official Dispatch No. 268/PCHN-TC&NS of Ha Nam Electricity Company, the Company confirmed that some officers and employees of Binh Luc Electricity Company went to Tran Temple during working hours, including the Director of Binh Luc Electricity Company.

After analyzing and evaluating the violations of a number of officers and employees of Binh Luc Power Company, the Standing Committee - Board of Directors of the Company unanimously decided to temporarily suspend the work of the Director of Binh Luc District Power Company from March 1, 2018 to carry out the disciplinary process for officers and employees in accordance with regulations until an official decision is made by the disciplinary council.

Ha Nam Power Company also seriously reviewed and strictly handled the individuals who violated and thoroughly understood and requested all employees to strictly comply with the direction of the General Director of the Northern Power Corporation in Official Dispatch No. 540/EVNNPC-TTBV dated February 23, 2018 on urging the implementation of tasks after the 2018 Lunar New Year holiday.