On July 18, the Government Office announced that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision No. 1559/QD-TTg to transfer Mr. Tran Duc Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate to work at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, assigning the authority of the Minister of Agriculture and Environment.
The decision takes effect from July 17, 2025.
Mr. Tran Duc Thang was born in 1973, from Vinh Phuc province (now Phu Tho province).
Mr. Tran Duc Thang was Deputy Director and then Director of the Department of Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance. From 2018 to 2022, Mr. Thang worked at the Central Inspection Committee, holding the positions of Member of the Central Inspection Committee and then Deputy Head of the Committee.
In October 2022, he was transferred and appointed by the Politburo to hold the position of Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term. After that, he was transferred, assigned and appointed to the position of Deputy Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate from July 1, 2025.
Previously, on July 17, 2025, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, after reviewing the proposal of the Central Inspection Committee on disciplining violating Party members, the Politburo found that: Mr. Do Duc Duy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Government Party Executive Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Environment during his tenure as Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Yen Bai province violated Party regulations and State laws in performing assigned duties and tasks.
Mr. Do Duc Duy violated the principle of democratic centralism, working regulations; violated regulations on what Party members are not allowed to do and the responsibility to set an example, causing serious consequences, bad public opinion, and reducing the prestige of the Party organization and the agency or unit.
Based on the content, nature, extent, consequences, and causes of the violation; according to the Party's regulations on disciplining violating Party members, the Politburo decided to discipline Mr. Do Duc Duy with a Warning.
The President issued Decision No. 1355/QD-CTN dated July 17, 2025, temporarily suspending the position of Minister of Agriculture and Environment for the 2021-2026 term from July 17, 2025 for Mr. Do Duc Duy until the 15th National Assembly dismissed Mr. Do Duc Duy from the position of Minister of Agriculture and Environment for the 2021-2026 term according to regulations.
