Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently issued an official warning to Vietnam Airlines General Director Pham Ngoc Minh for having a third child, said VNA Chairman Nguyen Sy Hung.

Pham Ngoc Minh at the signing ceremony of an aircraft purchasing contract.

Minh has a child with his ex-wife and two others with his second wife. VNA reported this case to a superior authority.

The General Department of Population’s vice head Duong Quoc Trong said government officials who have third children will be punished. If they are Communist Party members, they will be officially warned or even expelled from the Party.

In the case of Minh, if his second child with the second wife was born after March 22, 2005, Minh violated Decision 94 of the Politburo and Guidance 11 of the Central Party Inspection Committee. If the second child was born prior to March 22, 2005, his case will not be taken into account.

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