The Secretariat expelled four former officials from the Party.
On the morning of August 22, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, the Politburo and the Secretariat met to consider the proposal of the Central Inspection Committee on disciplinary action against violating party organizations and party members.
The Politburo and the Secretariat found that the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health for the 2021-2026 term (until February 2025) lacked responsibility in leadership and direction, allowing the Ministry of Health and a number of Party organizations and Party members to commit violations and shortcomings in leadership and direction in the development and improvement of laws and the organization of the implementation of State management functions on food safety.
Many cadres and party members at the Food Safety Department have degraded in political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle; violated Party regulations and State laws in performing assigned duties and tasks; and committed very serious corruption and negativity that has occurred over a long period of time.
GrandfatherNguyen Duc QuyenDuring his tenure as a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province violated Party regulations and State laws in signing decisions on land allocation and land lease with illegal land use fee collection.
GrandfatherLe Duc GiangDuring his tenure as a member of the Provincial Party Committee, the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province violated Party regulations and State laws in performing assigned duties and tasks, and took advantage of his position and power while performing official duties.
GrandfatherLe Hong SonDuring his tenure as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, he violated Party regulations and State laws by illegally intervening in the decision on investment policies to purchase foreign language teaching and learning equipment of the People's Committees of districts.
GrandfatherDuke NgoDuring his tenure as a Provincial Party Committee member, Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, and Chairman of the People's Committee of U Minh Thuong District, Kien Giang Province, he violated Party regulations and State laws in signing documents related to the implementation of the U Minh Thuong District Administrative Center Construction Investment Project in violation of the law.
Messrs. Nguyen Duc Quyen, Le Duc Giang, Le Hong Son, and Ngo Cong Tuoc have degraded in political ideology, morality, and lifestyle; violated Party regulations and State laws in performing assigned duties and tasks; violated regulations on what Party members are not allowed to do and the responsibility to set an example, causing very serious consequences, public outrage, and very negative impacts on the reputation of the Party organization and the agency or unit they work for.
Based on the content, nature, level, consequences, and causes of the violations; based on the Party's regulations on discipline for violating Party organizations and Party members, the Politburo decided to reprimand the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health for the 2021-2026 term; the Secretariat decided to expel from the Party the following: Nguyen Duc Quyen, Le Duc Giang, Le Hong Son, and Ngo Cong Tuoc.
The Politburo and Secretariat requested competent authorities to promptly enforce administrative discipline in line with party discipline.