HANOI, Vietnam – State media say Vietnam’s National Assembly has removed a senior Communist Party official from its membership, a move that could pave the way for his prosecution for alleged wrongdoing while head of energy giant PetroVietnam.
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The official Vietnam News Agency reported that the assembly’s Standing Committee voted Friday to remove Dinh La Thang from the Communist Party-dominated legislature.
Thang was fired as party secretary of the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City in May after being dismissed from the all-powerful Politburo, but remains a member of the elite Central Committee and deputy head of the party’s economic committee.
VNA says Thang is connected to two serious cases that are being investigated by police.
