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Vietnam’s Communist Party expelled Hanoi chairman Chu Ngoc Anh and health minister Nguyen Thanh Long Monday for their involvment in a Covid-19 test kit scam.
At an extraordinary meeting on Monday, the Party’s Central Inspection Committee also asked relevant agencies to handle further administrative punishments against the two “in accordance with regulations for individuals who have been disciplined by the Party.”
There are four levels of disciplinary actions for Party members: reprimand, warning, demotion and expulsion.
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Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long attends a National Assembly meeting in Hanoi, May 26, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Phong |
The Communist Party’s decision-making Politburo on Saturday ordered punishment against the two officials, 18 days after the Party’s Central Inspection Committee proposed to the Politburo to consider disciplinary actions for the Party Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology during the 2016-2021 period, the Party Committee of the Ministry of Health during the 2016-2021 period, Hanoi chairman Anh who served as the science minister during the period, and health minister Long.
The Party’s Secretariat, which manages personnel matters, also announced to expel Pham Cong Tac, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, for his involvement in the scandal.
The Politburo and the Secretariat assessed the violations and shortcomings of the two ministries “had caused serious consequences.”
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Chu Ngoc Anh, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh |
Previously in March, the Central Inspection Committee said the Party Committee and officials of the health and science ministries in the 2016-2021 term were negligent in their management, allowing violations at the ministries and their units regarding the approval, management and sale of Covid-19 test kits.
Phan Quoc Viet, general director of Viet A, admitted in January that he had inflated the price of a Covid-19 test kit by 45 percent and sent around VND800 billion ($35.2 million) as “bonuses” to company partners. Viet said he had bribed certain individuals to earn over VND500 billion.
A series of officials, including high-ranking military generals and directors of provincial Center for Diseases Control, have been arrested or put under criminal investigation for their involvement in the case.
Chu Ngoc Anh, 57, is a Hanoi native. From April 2016 to September 2020, he served as Minister of Science and Technology. In September 2020, he was elected as Hanoi chairman, replacing Nguyen Duc Chung who was facing a criminal investigation.
He was tasked with leading Hanoi in the context of the city struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic. During his 1.5-year tenure as Hanoi chairman, Anh completed the final pieces of capital planning by approving the Red River and Duong River subdivision plans, as well as Hanoi’s underground space. The city recorded nearly 3 percent of economic growth in 2021.
Nguyen Thanh Long, 56, is from Nam Dinh Province in northern Vietnam. He officially took the Health Minister position in November 2020, replacing former health minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, who was relieved of duty by the National Assembly due to retirement age. Long spent this time directing Vietnam’s fight against the Covid-19 epidemic while also serving as the Head of the Central Committee for Health Care.
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