Vietnam’s Party Secretariat has taken a disciplinary action against the ex-chief of the government inspectorate, Tran Van Truyen, for wrongdoings related to the state’s housing and land policies.

>> Vietnam withdrawing properties from ex-chief gov’t inspector over wrongdoings   The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam on Tuesday issued a document to announce a warning to Truyen, 64, who is also a former member of the Party Central Committee. He retired in October 2011. The warning was given to Truyen for his offenses related to housing and land issues – which arose during his office term and after he retired – and in personnel work when he was in office, the Secretariat said. The discipline took place following a proposal by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Inspection at a meeting on December 23, the Secretariat said. The commission had previously released a conclusion on the investigation into Truyen’s wrongdoings and demanded that he be disciplined. “During his office terms as a central and local official and after retiring, Truyen carried out many wrongdoings in the field of housing and land. He had made insincere statements on his personal properties and asked land and housing authorities to make property-related decisions in favor of himself or his relatives,” the commission said in a press release on November 21. The press release was issued following the conclusion of the commission at two meetings, held from October 2-3 and October 30, about Truyen’s property-related wrongdoings.

The meetings were convened after allegations surfaced saying that the former chief government inspector perpetrated wrongful acts to obtain ownership of houses and land during his office terms and after he retired.

At a meeting with the commission on December 6, Truyen admitted to his offenses as stated in the commission's conclusion. He said, "I would like to appologize to the Party and the people for all my wrongdoings in the past time."

Following that conclusion, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on December 2 issued a decision to withdraw a house owned by Truyen’s daughter, Tran Thi Ngoc Hue, at 105 Nguyen Trong Tuyen Street in Phu Nhuan District. Truyen had asked to purchase this state house from the local government in March 2011, citing his family’s housing hardship, and the People’s Committee then sold it to him in the name of his daughter.   But the inspection commission found out that at that time his daughter already owned a high-class apartment in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, while his wife was the owner of a house in the city’s District 9.

The department is thus coordinating with relevant agencies to carry out procedures to reclaim the house in accordance with existing regulations after the commission concluded that Truyen had not been honest about his housing circumstances. Ms. Hue returned the house to the city authorities on December 8. Similarly, the People’s Committee of the southern province of Ben Tre has also issued a decision to take back a land plot, at 598B5 Nguyen Thi Dinh Street in the provincial capital of Ben Tre, which was granted to Truyen in 1992. Truyen official returned the land to the State on December 18 and received VND137 million (US$6,400) as reimbursement for his previous expenses on leveling the land.  

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