Dinh La Thang aftermath

Dinh La Thang, 57, the current secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, one of the top senior officials in Vietnamese politics, has been disciplined by warning and removed from the Politburo.

Ông Đinh La Thăng Source: vi wikimedia

The decision was made on Sunday, May 7, 2017, on the fourth day of the 5th Plenum of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.This is the first time a city party secretary has been sacked from the Politburo, raising questions about how the party leader in the next big city will be.Dr. Nguyen Quang A from Hanoi, a journalist in Vietnam, told Phan Bach his opinion.