Đinh La Thăng (10 September 1960) was a former

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, former Communist Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City, and former member of the Politburo. On 22 January 2018 he became the first top Party official in several decades to be tried and sentenced to prison for corruption.

Early life and political career

Đinh La Thăng was born in 1960 in Yên Bình

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Ý Yên District Ý Yên is a huyện, rural district of Nam Định province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 241,689. The district covers an area of 240 km². The district capital lies at Lâm. Refere ...

Nam Định Province Nam Định () ( vi, Tỉnh Nam Định) is a Provinces of Vietnam, province in the southern part of the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. It borders Ninh Bình , Ninh Bình province to the southwest, Hà Nam province to the northwest, T ...

, and graduated from the University of Hanoi's School of Finance and Accounting (now the

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). He was a member of the 10th and 11th Central Committees of the

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, a member of the

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, and also a member of the

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from the XIth through XIIIth sessions. Before becoming the Minister of Transport, he was the Chairman of the Board of PetroVietnam, the national oil and gas company; Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Thừa Thiên–Huế Province (November 2003-December 2005); and Chairman of Song Da Corporation (April 2001-October 2003). When controversy erupted in May–June 2016 over the Americans' appointment of

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as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of

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(on 25 February 1969 Kerrey had commanded the U.S. Navy SEALS unit that carried out the Thạnh Phong massacre), Đinh La Thăng was the only high-ranking Vietnamese official who publicly supported the selection of Kerrey. Đinh La Thăng was expelled from his position in the

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on 7 May 2017 due to his violations of the law while Chairman of the Board of PetroVietnam, violations that led to embarrassing economic losses. He was arrested on 8 December 2017 for investigation of his mismanagement of PetroVietnam, resulting in a loss of 800 billion VND (35.28 million USD) from its investment in Oceanbank. On 22 January 2018 he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was appeared again on 14 and 15 December 2020 , for trial about violation managements.He's received 10 years in prison.Mr. Dinh La Thang was sentenced to 10 years in prison for high-speed violations in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong
Tuoi tre online(01/06/2021) He has a daughter, Đinh Hương Ly (born 1984), who worked for

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from 2006 to 2013.

References

External links

Leaders of the Ministry of Transport have a meeting to congratulate new Minister Dinh La ThangProfile of Dinh La Thang on the official website of the government of Vietnam
1960 births Living people Government ministers of Vietnam People from Nam Định Province {{Vietnam-bio-stub