Party official applauds HCM City’s efforts in settling corruption cases
Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee Phan Dinh Trac hailed Ho Chi Minh City’s efforts in settling corruption cases and their consequences while working with the permanent members of the municipal Party Committee on anti-corruption work on May 29.
A bird's-eye view of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central CommitteePhan Dinh Trac hailed Ho Chi Minh City’s efforts in settling corruption casesand their consequences while working with the permanent members of the municipal Party Committee onanti-corruption work on May 29.
Trac, who isalso Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs and Standing Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Control, asked municipalauthorities to promptly revoke 1.13 billion USD appropriated in Thu Thienurban area project and use the sum to invest in the new urban area.
Covering657ha, the Thu Thiem new urban area is located on Thu Thiem Peninsula in HCMCity’s District 2, which faces downtown district 1 across the Sai Gon River.
According tothe Government Inspectorate, the city's administration illegally took the land ofnearly 200 households who lived on a 4.3ha area outside the originallyplanned Thu Thiem new urban area. The households have received compensation inexchange for their land.
At theworking session, Trac also asked the city to speed up investigations andsettlement of other corruption cases at the request of the Government Inspectorate,including the case at the Vietnam Southern Food Corporation, the Saigon Agriculture Corporation (SAGRI), and the Saigon RealEstate Corporation (RESCO).
During the investigations of the cases, if there are any violations related toofficials under the management of the Politburo or Party Central Committee’s Secretariat,the city should report and hand over relevant information anddocuments to the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission for settlementin line with the Party's regulations, he stressed./.
Ho Chi Minh City’s administration has approved a policy of compensation and resettlement for households in a 4.3ha area located outside the original boundary of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in the city’s District 2.
Districts and sectors in HCM City have been requested to ensure at least 80 percent of this year’s public funds are disbursed by October 15 and to raise the rate to over 95 percent by year’s end, as the city has committed to the Government.
Ho Chi Minh City has decided to convert some 20,000 square metres of public land into residential land to resettle nearly 200 households in the Thu Thiem new urban area whose lands it wrongfully took over.
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A bird's-eye view of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
