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Party chief to continue fighting corruption, a ‘disease’ of power
By Hoang Thuy February 1, 2021 | 02:06 pm GMT+7
Party chief and President Nguyen Phu Trong (C) waves as he walks alongside other Central Party Committee members after the 13th Party Congress has closed in Hanoi, February 1, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Re-elected for a new term, Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong asserted that he would continue speaking out and fighting against corruption.
Corruption is a problem that every country has to face all the time and what should be discussed is the scale of this problem, Communist Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong told the press soon after the closing ceremony of the 13th Party Congress Monday.
First-instance trial involving former Hanoi mayor opens 11:00 | 11/12/2020
Nguyen Duc Chung (Source: VNA)
Hanoi â The Hanoi Peopleâs Court on December 11 started the first-instance trial of the case on âappropriating confidential state documentsâ involving former Chairman of the Hanoi Peopleâs Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
The one-day confidential state documentsâs sentences will be pronounced publicly.
Four defendants of the case related to Nhat Cuong Company include Nguyen Duc Chung, 53; Pham Quang Dung, 37, a former officer at the Police Department for Corruption, Smuggling and Economic Crimes under the Ministry of Public Security; Nguyen Hoang Trung, 37, a former officer of the Hanoi Department of Public Security and Chungâs driver; and Nguyen Anh Ngoc, 46, former deputy head of Cau Giay districtâs division of public security and assigned to work at the Hanoi Peopleâs Committeeâs Office.
Update: December, 11/2020 - 15:37 | Nguyễn Đức Chung (sitting between two police officers), former Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, listened to the judges verdict at Hà Nội People s Court in a closed trial on Friday. VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI The Hà Nội People’s Court on Friday sentenced Nguyễn Đức Chung, 53, former Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, to five years in prison on charges of “appropriating confidential State documents”. Phạm Quang Dũng, a former officer at the Investigation Police Department for Corruption, Smuggling and Economic Crimes under the Ministry of Public Security, was given a jail term of four years and six months, while Nguyễn Hoàng Trung, a former officer of the Hà Nội Department of Public Security and Chung’s driver; and Nguyễn Anh Ngọc, former deputy head of Cầu Giấy District’s division of public security and