Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa (Source: VNA) The Office of the Party Central Committeeon February 16 sent dispatch No.3308-CV/VPTW to the Party Central Committee’s Commissionsfor Inspection, Organisation and Internal Affairs; the Party Delegations to theGovernment, the Government Inspectorate and the ministries of Industry andTrade, Finance and Planning and Investment, requiring them to work together onthe task and report the outcomes to the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.
According to the dispatch, Nhan dan(People) newspaper ran an article “On asset filing by Deputy Minister ofIndustry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa” on February 11; while Tuoi tre (Youth)produced a story “Deputy Minister Ho Thi Kim Thoa owns asset worth of hundredsof billion dong” on February 11 and the other “What does Deputy Minister’sfamily have in Dien Quang company?”.
Tien Phong (Vanguard) also publishedarticles on February 14, 15, 16 calling for inspections on stock acquisitionand control of officials’ family ties to prevent power abuse.
Several other papers also raised theissue.
The Party Delegation to theGovernment was asked to direct concerned agencies to review legal regulationsand propose necessary amendments and supplements, in order to fix shortcomingsin State management, prevent State asset loss and negative phenomena, includingcorruption and interest group behaviours in the process of equitisingState-owned enterprises.-VNA
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