Deputy PM orders investigation into alleged bribery
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed ministries and
agencies to investigate allegations of bribery involving senior
transport officials working on a major rail project.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed ministries and
agencies to investigate allegations of bribery involving senior
transport officials working on a major rail project.
In the Government Office’s statement issued on March 24, the Deputy PM ordered the ministries of Public Security, Transport and Foreign Affairs and the Supreme People's Procuracy to work with the Japanese side to gather documents and search for evidence of any wrongdoing.
He said the case will be prosecuted if investigators find evidence of criminal activity.
The statement was released after a Japanese newspaper reported an investigation into a Tokyo-based railway consultant firm that admitted to paying 80 million JPY (about 780,000 USD) to win a 41 million USD project in Vietnam, which is funded with the Japanese Government's official development assistance (ODA).
The accused firm, the Japan Transportation Consultants, Inc (JTC), was involved in the ongoing Hanoi City Urban Railway Construction Project (Line 1), according to the Ministry of Transport.
Three Vietnamese railway officials have been suspended pending further investigation into bribery allegations.
Ngo Anh Tao and Tran Quoc Dong have also been suspended from their posts as deputy director generals of the Vietnam Railway Corporation, according to the corporation’s Chairman Tran Ngoc Thanh.
Tao is currently in charge of the corporation's railway project management unit and Dong used to have the same remit. They have 10 days to present a written account of their dealings on the Hanoi City Urban Railway Construction Project (Line 1).
Tran Van Luc has been suspended from his post as Director of the Vietnam Railways Authority's railway project management unit, which operates under the Ministry of Transport. His suspension will last 15 days, during which time he will write a report on the period when his work related to the suspected consulting firm.
In a March 20 article, Yomiuri Shimbun – Japan’s biggest newspaper - reported that Tamio Kakinuma, JTC's president, had admitted to paying "kickbacks" to foreign civil servants in Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan in return for orders for five ODA projects.
According to the newspaper, the illegal payments were made on some 40 occasions between 2008 and 2012 and totalled 100 million JPY (about 980,000 USD).-VNA
In the Government Office’s statement issued on March 24, the Deputy PM ordered the ministries of Public Security, Transport and Foreign Affairs and the Supreme People's Procuracy to work with the Japanese side to gather documents and search for evidence of any wrongdoing.
He said the case will be prosecuted if investigators find evidence of criminal activity.
The statement was released after a Japanese newspaper reported an investigation into a Tokyo-based railway consultant firm that admitted to paying 80 million JPY (about 780,000 USD) to win a 41 million USD project in Vietnam, which is funded with the Japanese Government's official development assistance (ODA).
The accused firm, the Japan Transportation Consultants, Inc (JTC), was involved in the ongoing Hanoi City Urban Railway Construction Project (Line 1), according to the Ministry of Transport.
Three Vietnamese railway officials have been suspended pending further investigation into bribery allegations.
Ngo Anh Tao and Tran Quoc Dong have also been suspended from their posts as deputy director generals of the Vietnam Railway Corporation, according to the corporation’s Chairman Tran Ngoc Thanh.
Tao is currently in charge of the corporation's railway project management unit and Dong used to have the same remit. They have 10 days to present a written account of their dealings on the Hanoi City Urban Railway Construction Project (Line 1).
Tran Van Luc has been suspended from his post as Director of the Vietnam Railways Authority's railway project management unit, which operates under the Ministry of Transport. His suspension will last 15 days, during which time he will write a report on the period when his work related to the suspected consulting firm.
In a March 20 article, Yomiuri Shimbun – Japan’s biggest newspaper - reported that Tamio Kakinuma, JTC's president, had admitted to paying "kickbacks" to foreign civil servants in Vietnam, Indonesia and Uzbekistan in return for orders for five ODA projects.
According to the newspaper, the illegal payments were made on some 40 occasions between 2008 and 2012 and totalled 100 million JPY (about 980,000 USD).-VNA
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