Dumping mud into Binh Thuan sea: Ministry of Industry and Trade temporarily suspends 1 official

Regarding the project of dumping Vinh Tan 1 thermal power plant waste into the sea of ​​Binh Thuan, the director of the consulting unit is an official of an institute of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Recently, the media reported on the project of dumping 1 million m3 of mud into the sea of ​​Binh Thuan by Vinh Tan 1 Power Company Limited. Among them, Mr. Ha Quoc Quan, currently the Director of the Center for Investment Consulting and Technology Transfer of the Institute for Strategy and Industrial Policy Research under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. However, he is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Vietnam Seaport Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company, the consulting unit for the Project.

On July 22, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said: After receiving the above information, the Ministry of Industry and Trade established a working group with the Institute for Industrial Policy and Strategy Research to verify information from some newspapers about Mr. Ha Quoc Quan participating in business management while he was an official at the Institute for Industrial Policy and Strategy Research.

The project to dump waste from Vinh Tan 1 thermal power plant into Binh Thuan sea has caused a stir in public opinion.

According to the results of the preliminary working session of the Working Group, Mr. Ha Quoc Quan, Director of the Center for Investment Consulting and Technology Transfer under the Institute for Industrial Strategy and Policy Research, an official under the management authority of the Institute for Industrial Strategy and Policy Research, participating in the management and operation of the enterprise Vietnam Seaport Construction Consulting Joint Stock Company is a violation of Article 37 of the 2005 Law on Anti-Corruption, amended and supplemented in 2012, and the Law on Public Employees.

Accordingly, civil servants are not allowed to participate in the management and operation of enterprises.

Thus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade affirmed that Mr. Quan's operation of a private enterprise is a violation of regulations.

On that basis, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested the Institute for Industrial Strategy and Policy Research to conduct a review, clarify the violations and consider disciplinary action against Mr. Ha Quoc Quan in accordance with regulations.

The Director of the Institute for Industrial Strategy and Policy Research has issued a decision to temporarily suspend Mr. Ha Quoc Quan from work for 15 days to focus on reviewing and clarifying violations and will consider disciplining Mr. Ha Quoc Quan according to regulations.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also requested units within the Ministry to conduct inspections and reviews while strengthening personnel management. The Ministry of Industry and Trade's viewpoint is to strictly handle violations.

According to VNN