Former Tuyen Quang province Party chief subject to disciplinary action for Thuan An Group-related violations

Vietnam's Central Inspection Committee has proposed disciplining Chau Van Lam, former Party chief of Tuyen Quang province, for his violations related to Thuan An Group.

Party leaders of the Tuyen Quang People's Committee violated the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations; lacked responsibility, and showed loose leadership and direction, according to a Wednesday release from the committee.

Their violations led to the provincial People’s Committee and many organizations and individuals seriously violating Party regulations and State laws in organizing the implementation of the Tuyen Quang-Phu Tho Expressway project's Bidding package No. 26 which was implemented by Thuan An Group.

Some officials and Party members, including key officials of the province, breached the Party regulations and the State laws on preventing and combating corruption and negativity, and violated regulations on Party members' code of conduct and responsibility to set a good example.

“The above violations have caused serious consequences, risking a large loss of money and State assets, leading to bad public opinion and undermining the reputation of Party organizations and the local government to the point that they must be disciplined,” noted the statement.

Responsibility for the above violations and shortcomings belongs to the provincial Party leaders in the terms 2020-2025, 2016-2021 and 2021-2026; Chau Van Lam, former Party Central Committee member and Party chief of Tuyen Quang; Tran Viet Cuong, deputy Party chief and chairman of the province and former director of the provincial Management Board of Transport Infrastructure Investment and Construction Projects, and a number of Party organizations and other Party members

Therefore, the Central Inspection Committee decided to remove Cuong from his positions in the Party, while issuing a warning against Ha Van Sang, deputy head of the management board. Ha Quoc Dung, deputy director of the Department of Construction, was reprimanded. It proposed competent authorities consider disciplining Chau Van Lam.

In August, Lam, 57, resigned from the positions of Party Central Committee member and Party chief of Tuyen Quang.

The Central Party Committee also proposed disciplining Ngo Duc Vuong and Nguyen Doan Khanh, former Party Central Committee members and former Party chiefs of Phu Tho province, and Pham Tan Cong, president of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).