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Chairman of Da Nang City People's Council dismissed
  • | dtinews.vn | November 24, 2017 12:02 PM
Da Nang City People's Council has just dismissed its chairman Nguyen Xuan Anh after a closed meeting on Friday morning with a 97.95% vote in favour of the sacking.


Da Nang City People's Council dismiss its chairman Nguyen Xuan Anh on November 24


Nearly 100% of the 48 deputies also agreed to remove Anh, who was the only absent member in the meeting, from the city people's council.

In his report at the meeting, the vice chairman of the council, Nguyen Nho Trung said that Nguyen Xuan Anh was elected as Chairman of the council for the 2016-2021 term during the first session of the city’s 9th People’s Council held last June.

Anh has also been dismissed as secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee and removed from the Party Central Committee since early October after being found to have committed serious violations.

A file photo of secretary of the Da Nang City Party Committee, Nguyen Xuan Anh


According to the Central Inspection Commission, Anh was dishonest when using degrees awarded by an unaccredited educational institution and failed to set a good example as a party member.

He obtained a master’s degree and a doctorate in business administration from the California Southern University, formerly Southern California University for Professional Studies, but the institution is not recognised by Vietnam’s education ministry.

The Da Nang party chief has also been found to have violated the Communist Party of Vietnam regulations on personnel and accepting cars and houses which have been given to him by businesses as gifts.

Meanwhile, Anh has been held accountable for various other violations committed by the Da Nang Party Committee as its head.

The Politburo had sent a prior warning to the Da Nang Party Committee for violating the party’s working regulations, the principle of democratic centralism and laws on land and urban management.

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