Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the Politburo’s meeting in Hanoi on January10 on disciplinary actions against two Party officials.

They include Politburo member Hoang Trung Hai, who is also Secretaryof the Hanoi municipal Party Committee, former member of the Party AffairsCommittee and former Deputy Prime Minister; and member of the Party CentralCommittee, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission andformer Secretary of the Ha Giang provincial Party Committee Trieu Tai Vinh.

In his capacity as a member of the Party Affairs Committee,Deputy PM Hai committed serious wrongdoings and shortcomings in directing theimplementation of the secondphase of the Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Corporation (TISCOII).

He showed alack of responsibility and failed to thoroughly consider opinions of ministriesand agencies on the project’s engineering, procurement, construction contractNo.01, against the Government’s working regulations and the State regulationson investment and export credit.

Hai alsofailed to inspect and to direct the inspection provided for by the Government’sworking regulations.

His violationsand shortcomings were serious, causing public concern, badly affecting theParty’s and his own prestige.

Given the nature,level, consequences, causes of violations, his working process andcontributions to the Party and State, the Politburo decided to give a warningagainst him as a disciplinary measure based on its Decision No.102 QD/TW datedNovember 15, 2017.

As for Vinh,while serving as a member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee, he showed serious violations and shortcomingsduring the 2018 national high school examination.

He showed a poorsense of responsibility for directing inspection and discovering violations,leading to several local officials and Party members being disciplined andfacing criminal charges.

Vinh alsofailed to seriously follow the Politburo’s regulations on the Party leadershipon law enforcement agencies.

His youngersister also committed violations in the exam. Upon learning about it, Vinh infringedresponsibility for setting example for Party officials and members in line withthe Party Central Committee’s regulations.

In accordancewith the Politburo’s Decision No.102-QD/TW dated November 15, 2017, on disciplinaryactions against violating Party members, the Politburo decided to give a reprimandto Vinh./.