VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate the quick promotion of the youngest deputy chief of staff of the national anti-smuggling committee.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has ordered investigation into the quick promotion of Vu Hung Son, the youngest deputy chief of staff of the national anti-smuggling committee. — File Photo

In a May 23 document of the Government’s Office, Binh asked for a thorough investigation of the career of 34-year-old Vu Hung Son following media reports. Son works at the National Steering Committee Against Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit, shortly known as the 389 Committee. The investigation results should be reported to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc by June 15.

According to the press, Son had quite an impressive resume with work experiences in several high-level positions within a short span of time.

From 2009 to 2012, he was the CEO of Bao Tin Manh Hai company specialising in importing luxury cars. He was the deputy editor-in-chief of the Doi Song & Tieu Dung (Life and Consumption) newspaper and the Cong Thuong (Industry and Trade) magazine owned by the Ministry of Industry and Trade between 2012 and February 2015.

He was then appointed director of the ministry’s Information Centre on Industry and Trade, where he served until October 2015.

Then trade minister Vu Huy Hoang, who was stripped of his title for serious wrongdoings in appointing officials, recruited Son as his secretary on October 26, 2015, and also let him take charge of the ministry’s office.

Son stayed in power for three years, after which he was promoted as the deputy head of the Department of Market Management in January 2018. He was also allowed by the incumbent industry and trade minister Tran Tuan Anh to work in the 389 Committee.

The committee’s deputy head cum finance minister Dinh Tien Dung approved Son’s position in the committee this March. 

Source: VNS