On March 28, the Inspection Committee of Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee announced the decision to issue a disciplinary warning to Mr. Bui Van Men, member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Giang Thanh District.

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Headquarters of Giang Thanh District People's Committee, Kien Giang Province. Photo: Tran Tuyen

According to the Kien Giang Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission, Mr. Men violated regulations on what party members are not allowed to do, fulfilled the obligation to declare assets and income, had assets that must be declared but declared dishonestly...

Mr. Men's shortcomings and violations are serious, causing bad public opinion among cadres, party members and people, reducing the prestige of the Party organization, agency and unit.

As reported, the Vice Chairman of Giang Thanh District People's Committee caused a stir in a clip appearing with his wife giving a dowry to his daughter in October 2024.

According to the clip, Mr. Men's wife said, "First, your parents will give you two rings. After the wedding, your parents will give you another 600 hectares of land (60 hectares). If you sell it now, it will be worth 90 billion VND..."

However, Mr. Men affirmed that his wife "mistakenly said 60 cong (6ha) as 600 cong of land". Rural rice fields are only about 100 million VND/cong, so 60 cong of land is worth about 8-9 billion VND.

“In the asset declaration, I declared how many hectares of land my family had and planned to give it to her (daughter - PV). This land was reclaimed by my grandparents in the past, my wife and I inherited it from both sides, a little from each side,” Mr. Men explained the origin of the land.

The Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission then assigned the Giang Thanh District Party Committee's Inspection Commission to investigate and verify Mr. Men's asset and land declarations and compare them with his annual asset declarations.

The truth about the information that the district vice chairman gave his daughter 600 hectares of land as a dowry . In the clip shared on social media, the wife said that she gave her daughter 600 hectares of land worth 90 billion VND as a dowry. However, later, the husband, who is the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Giang Thanh district, Kien Giang province, confirmed that his wife "spoke wrongly".