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Party chief: Wages must be the main source of incomeThuy Dung The policy on regional minimum wages is expected to be improved to protect disadvantaged laborers - PHOTO: THANH HOA HANOI – Wages must become the main source of income and be enough for earners and their families, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stressed the view at the Party Central Committee’s seventh plenary session last week.  At the concluding session on May 12, a resolution on wage and social insurance reforms was adopted. In his closing remarks, Trong said the resolution sets out viewpoints, objectives, tasks and measures to promote the wage reform with many breakthrough ideas. The resolution aims to build up a transparent national wage policy system that is suitable to the country’s conditions, facilitates economic development, and creates a driving force to increase labor productivity and the quality of human resources. It is also aimed to build a healthy, lean, effective … [Read more...] about Party chief: Wages must be the main source of income

Dinh La Thang expelled from Party Dinh La Thang is seen at the appeal hearing in Hanoi - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Party Central Committee (PCC) on May 9 expelled Dinh La Thang, member of the PCC and head of the PCC Economic Commission, from the Party over his violations of regulations, local media reports. The decision was made at the PCC’s seventh plenum. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on May 9 chaired a session on personnel issues. In a related development, Thang is appealing against a 13-year jail term he got in January for intentionally violating State regulations on economic management which led to serious consequences. According to the court verdict, the former Vietnam Oil and Gas Group chairman illegally picked PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC) as a main contractor for several thermal power projects. He directly appointed Trinh Xuan Thanh as general director of PVC in late 2007 before making various promotion, funding and recruitment decisions … [Read more...] about Dinh La Thang expelled from Party

Phan Thi My Thanh dismissed from all Party posts Phan Thi My Thanh - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Party Secretariat has removed Phan Thi My Thanh, deputy secretary of Dong Nai Province’s Party Committee, from all Party posts for her serious wrongdoing. The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee has also proposed the delegation of Party members to the National Assembly (NA) consider dismissing Thanh from the legislature. She is currently head of the Dong Nai Province delegation of NA deputies. According to an announcement of the Office of the Party Central Committee, the Secretariat met last Friday to consider a proposal of the Central Party Committee’s Inspection Commission for taking disciplinary action against Thanh for her serious violations. The meeting was chaired by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The Secretariat concluded that Thanh lacked responsibility while serving as director of Dong Nai Province’s Department of Industry in the … [Read more...] about Phan Thi My Thanh dismissed from all Party posts

Former national police chief arrested for alleged abuse of powerChien Thang Phan Van Vinh - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY HANOI – Phan Van Vinh, former head of the General Department of Police under the Ministry of Public Security, has been detained on alleged charges of involvement in an online gambling ring. Police of Phu Tho Province last Friday decided to launch criminal proceedings against the former lieutenant general, and detain him for four months for questioning following approval from the provincial People’s Procuracy. The Ministry of Public Security announced last Friday afternoon on its website the detention of Vinh who is suspected of abusing his position and power while serving as national police chief under Clause 3, Article 281 of the 1999 Penal Code. Legal proceedings against him were launched based on a decision to investigate the high-profile case in which the Internet was allegedly used to appropriate assets, gamble, illegally trade … [Read more...] about Former national police chief arrested for alleged abuse of power

Trinh Xuan Thanh gets life sentenceThe Saigon Times Daily HCMC - The Hanoi People’s Court on February 5 sentenced former PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC) chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh to life imprisonment for misappropriation at Petrovietnam Power Land JSC (PVP Land), the second life sentence for the former PVC executives this year. Former director of Petro Song Da Trading and Investment JSC Dinh Manh Thang got a nine-year jail term, according to news website Dan Tri. In addition, Dao Duy Phong, former PVP Land chairman; Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, former PVP Land general director; Thai Kieu Huong, former deputy general director of Vietsan Investment JSC; Le Hoa Binh, former chairman of Minh Ngan JSC; and Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa, former accountant of Minh Ngan JSC, were given jail terms of eight years to life for similar counts. PVP Land’s holding in Trans Pacific Company was at the helm of Thanh, Sinh and Phong. However, they had abused their positions and powers to appropriate … [Read more...] about Trinh Xuan Thanh gets life sentence