The Central Inspection Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has suggested that Party Secretary of Hanoi Hoang Trung Hai, who was a deputy prime minister, be penalized for his wrongdoing in a massive cast iron and steel project in the northern region of the country.

The committee convened its 42nd meeting in Hanoi from January 3 to 8.   

Following the meeting, it proposed that the Politburo discipline Hai, who is now a Politburo member.

As the deputy prime minister, he was wrong when giving some directions on the implementation of the phase two of a project to expand production at state-run Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Joint Stock Corporation, which specializes in making cast iron and steel, known as the TISCO II project.

The TISCO II project, located in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, was projected to cost VND3.8 trillion (US$164 million) when it was launched in 2007.

It has lain dormant ever since and the Government Inspectorate has also pointed out a series of serious irregularities at this project, including a cost overrun of more than VND4.2 trillion ($181 million) that was not legally grounded, which turned the total investment into VND8.1 trillion ($349 million).

Hai was born in 1959 in Thai Binh Province, located in northern Vietnam.

He has been Hanoi’s Party secretary since February 2016.

He was a deputy prime minister from August 2007 to April 2016 after working as an industry minister from August 2002 to July 2007.

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