Ministry orders the replacement of managers of railway projects The Ministry of Transport has made several adjustments to key positions in the railway sector in order to improve services.  Railway sector has major personnel changes The move comes after many complaints. One anonymous source from the Ministry of Transport said that the leaders of Railway Project Management Unit (RPMU) had been passing on their responsibilities between each other because nobody wanted to made decisions. Doan Tang Ong, head of the unit, even said that he did not want this position but accepted it because he had been promoted. As a result, the Ministry of Transport asked the Vietnam Railway Authority to replace all of the unit's leaders with more capable officials. Doan Tang Ong was promoted to director of RPMU in early May. Ong was expected to replace former director Tran Van Luc, who was suspended in over the JTC bribery investigation. Nguyen Huu Thang, Director of the Vietnam Railway Authority said they were following the request of the ministry and would give feedback to the media as soon as possible. In early June, the minister of transport, Dinh La Thang, decided to dismiss the head of Vietnam Railway Corporation, Nguyen Dat Tuong, because of incompetence. Thang also proposed a number of other personnel changes in the board of directors at the Vietnam Railway Corporation. The Ministry of Transport has always said that the leaders must take responsibility. Meanwhile, Thang said the reason for these changes was tat the railway sector has not achieved real results. Previously, Thang strongly criticised the the railway sector for its disorganisation and vowed to take drastic measures to restructure and improve it. Even though the Ministry of Transport asked Vietnam Railway Corporation to upgrade its stations last year, all the operator did was to send a request to build new roofs and service buildings for the stations in January. Thang then reprimanded Vietnam Railways for being slow, and assigned them a number of specific tasks, such as improving the ticket prices, services on board and clean up the stations. By Chau Nhu Quynh, dtinews.vn