Chief of HCMC vehicle registration center found to be illiterate

Following raids of several registration centers in the city, they had taken in the chief of 50-17D center, and it was then that they discovered he was illiterate.

He admitted to them he had dropped out of third grade 50 years ago, Ministry of Public Security spokesman Major General To An Xo said Tuesday.

A report Wednesday in Giao Thong newspaper, which is published by the Ministry of Transport, said Ho Huu Tai “is only the nominal director” and all decisions at the center are made by his deputy, Tran Thanh Vinh, who signs all the papers issued by the center.

In the past few weeks police and officers from the Ministry of Public Security have raided a number of vehicle inspection centers in HCMC and the provinces of Long An, Tien Giang, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, Ben Tre, Bac Giang, and Bac Ninh to look for violations related to certification, technical safety inspection and environmental protection.

In HCMC they have obtained 13 search warrants, launched investigations of six centers and questioned 43 officials for “bribery” and “forgery of documents.”