Minister and Chairman of the Government’s Office, Mai Tien Dung, addresses a press conference after a regular cabinet meeting held in Hanoi on October 3 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The Party, theGovernment and political apparatus as a whole is committed and determined tofight corruption, said Minister - Chairman of the Government’s Office Mai TienDung.
He was responding to questions raised at a pressconference on October 3 about several economic mismanagement trials involvinghigh-ranking officials and executives as well as leading bankers over the lasttwo years.
“It’s not just the serious and high profilecases, cases in remote areas are also investigated thoroughly and punishmentshanded out under the law in a transparent manner,” Dung said.
He said the Government has been guidingcontinued investigations into huge loss-making projects and businesses.
In the context of the high-level Asia-PacificEconomic Co-operation (APEC) meeting set to take place in Da Nang next month,Dung stressed that the proposed disciplinary action against two key leaders, Secretaryof the Da Nang Party Committee and Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee,would not bear any impact on the event, explaining that the National APECCommittee was led by Deputy PM and Foreign Affairs Minister Pham Binh Minh andVietnam would do its best to fulfill the role of the host country.
“Currently, ministerial level conferences andpreparations for the summit are all going as planned,” Dung said, adding thatthe decision on disciplinary action would be announced in due time, withsecurity and order ensured.
On the controversial issue of new developmentplan proposed for the Hanoi Railway Station and its vicinity, Deputy TransportMinister Nguyen Ngoc Dong said city authorities were seeking opinions fromministries and sectors. The Prime Minister himself had advised caution, henoted.
Concerning the traffic aspect of the new planthat envisages more high-rise buildings, the Transport Ministry would study itand announce its findings later, Dong said.
He said that the two economic hubs of thecountry, Hanoi and HCM City, were suffering from overcrowding and trafficcongestion, requiring sensible management of urban space.
A general rule of the thumb is that trafficinfrastructure takes up 20 percent of total urban space, but this was justseven to eight percent in the two cities, he said.-VNA
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