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Ministry urges investigation into the loss of Trinh Xuan Thanh appointment files
  • | dtinews.vn | December 14, 2017 11:56 PM
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Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Nguyen Duy Thang, has urged the police to investigate the disappearance of papers related to the promotion of Trinh Xuan Thanh to vice chairman of Hau Giang Provincial People's Committee.



Trinh Xuan Thanh (left) is appointed as vice chairman of the southern province of Hau Giang's People's Committee in May 2015


The loss of the files sent by Hau Giang Province to propose the appointment of Trinh Xuan Thanh as its vice chairman was revealed by the deputy minister of Home Affairs, Nguyen Trong Thua, at the government cabinet meeting held on August 3rd, 2017.

Speaking to the media on December 12, deputy minister Thang stressed that there are regulations in the keeping of files at the Ministry of Home Affairs so it needs to be made clear who was responsible for the loss.

"The Central Inspection Commission has also asked us to pay more attention to this case so we will work closely with the police to find out who's behind this," Thang said, adding that by the time the loss was found, he was no longer in charge of the Department of Local Government where the files were kept.

"I left the department in June 2016," he noted. "At that time deputy minister Tran Anh Tuan took over my work."

According to Thang, the files included a proposal by the Hau Giang Province and replies from relevant agencies.

Trinh Xuan Thanh, the former board chairman of PetroVietnam Construction JSC and vice chairman of Hau Giang Province. PVC incurred huge losses under Thanh's leadership. After that, he was appointed deputy office manager of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and chief representative of the ministry's office in the central region. In early May 2015, he was appointed as vice chairman of the southern province of Hau Giang's People's Committee.

His wrongdoings were first brought to light from early June 2016 after it was discovered that he had used a government blue plate for his luxury Lexus LX570, which caused public outrage. Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong then requested the investigations into his promotions and appointments.

Thanh gave himself up to the police in late July after nearly one year of evading international arrest warrant, the Ministry of Public Security reported on July 31.

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