HANOI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A number of individuals and organizations related to granting fake licenses for local fertilizers under Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Department of Cultivation (DoC) have been handled, said the department on Friday.
Specifically, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, acting head of the DoC's Quality and Environment Management was disciplined while Truong Hop Tac, former head of the DoC's Soil and Fertilizer Management was criticized and transferred to other job, reported local Tien Phong (Pioneer) newspaper on Friday.
At the same time, Tran Quoc Tuan, deputy director of Vietnam's National Center for Fertilizer Testing and director of the Southern Center for Fertilizer Testing, was removed from the post and transferred to other job.
The ministry now continues to review and handle other senior officials of the DoC as well as ministry leaders over the issue.
Ma Quang Trung, head of DoC said that among 1,550 fertilizer samples reviewed across Vietnam, as many as 248 are granted licenses in conformity with regulations. The remaining 1,300 products which are not granted licenses in accordance with regulations will be recovered.
In Vietnam, there are some 5,000 fertilizer products.
