Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The will be relieved from his position of Minister by Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly during its 4th session, which is about to take place from October 20 to November 15. The reason for dismissal is according to personal wishes and the assignment of competent authorities. That information was given by NA’s General Secretary Bui Van Cuong at a press conference on October 17.
“This is a normal thing in personnel work, the Party arranges personnel, and the National Assembly will follow the correct process,” Mr. Cuong added.
Earlier at the 6th Plenum of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Transport Minister’s change was also discussed to introduce personnel for the next session of the National Assembly, along with other titles such as Minister of Health and the State Auditor General.
Mr. Nguyen Van The (born in 1966), used to hold the position of Deputy Minister of Transport for two years (2013 – 2015), two years as Secretary of the Soc Trang Provincial Party Committee, then returned to take the position of Minister in 2017.
The Secretary General of the National Assembly highly appreciated Mr. The’s tenure and gave evidence of Mr. The appearance on the National Assembly forum to answer questions, showing the image of a fierce and thorough minister.
However, during his time as Deputy Minister, Mr. The was involved in the Ho Chi Minh City-Trung Luong expressway project, which was determined to be wrong. Former Transport Minister Dinh La Thang and a series of officials of this ministry were prosecuted for the crime of “violating regulations on the use of state property causing loss and waste” related to this project.
The indictment of the Supreme People’s Procuracy issued in 2020 about this project determined that Mr. The was partly responsible for the project’s mistakes but did not have enough grounds to consider criminal liability.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
