Absolved deputy minister faces dismissal

The government is set to formally fire a deputy minister after he was held accountable for wrong doings in the management of official development assistance at an agency under the transport ministry several years ago.

The Communist Party Secretariat issued a dispatch Tuesday instructing  the government to sack Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Viet Tien in light of previous irresponsibility, which caused dire consequences for ODA management related to Project Management Unit 18 (PMU18).

PMU18 is entrusted by the Ministry of Transport with managing the construction of highways, bridges and other infrastructure projects.

The Secretariat’s dispatch also bars Tien from holding any posts in the Communist Party Unit of the Ministry of Transport, but his Party membership will remain intact.

VNA

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