On the evening of March 6, Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan - Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Quang Tri province - confirmed that he had received information about the explanation from the Director of the Center for Information and Communications Technology under this department.
The explanation clearly states: From 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. on March 6, 5 officials and employees came to the headquarters to work; from 7:30 a.m. to 7:38 a.m., 9 more officials came to work. "There are images recorded by the camera; the time on the camera is 12 minutes away from the actual time" - the explanation given by Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Hang, Director of the Center for Information and Communications Technology.
In addition, the explanation stated that the Center did not receive specific instructions on the time the leaders of the Department of Science and Technology visited and presented flowers to congratulate March 8. The Department's leadership delegation arrived to present congratulatory flowers at 726 and left at 7:30 a.m. on March 6.
At the end of the explanation, the information stated that the leadership of the Information and Communications Technology Center drew profound lessons and had rectifyed administrative discipline and order, strictly complying with administrative working time for all civil servants and employees, according to the direction of the Director of the Department of Science and Technology.
With the information in the explanation, Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan affirmed that the center's leaders and workers came to work late. The information about whether the Department's leaders will visit and congratulate or not will also be clarified.
"On the morning of March 6, at 6:35 a.m., I and the Department's leaders only met one female employee at this center. All were clearly recorded by cameras. I will assign the Deputy Director of the Department to clarify this incident" - Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan said.
Previously, as reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Ngoc Lan signed a document requesting the provincial leaders to stop appointing the position of Director of the Digital Transformation Center of the Department of Science and Technology, due to violating regulations on office hours. On the same morning, the leaders of the Department, including the Director, Deputy Director and Chairman of the Trade Union, visited the Digital Transformation Center to celebrate the 115th anniversary of International Women's Day, but at 6:35, there was only one female employee on duty at the unit.
