As many as 29 ministries, sectors and central agencies and 55 provinces and
cities have declared their assets and incomes in 2009, according to the
Anti-corruption Central Steering Committee Office.
By the end of May, all ministries, sectors and localities had completed the
second phase of administrative reform, which plays an extremely important role
in preventing and combating corruption.
The information was reported by Vu Tien Chien, head of the Anti-corruption
Central Steering Committee Office, during a working session with Truong Tan
Sang, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Communist Party Central
Committee’s Secretariat, in Hanoi
on June 8.
Chien said in the past five months, the fight against corruption was carried out
diversely in conjunction with the movement of “studying and following President
Ho Chi Minh’s moral example”, making officials, Party members and people better
aware of anti-corruption work.
A legal framework has also been completed for an institutional system, laying a
political and legal foundation for anti-corruption affairs to go on not just in
the short run but even in the long run, Chien noted.
He said measures to prevent and combat corruption have continuously been
implemented in an open and transparent manner in the functions of State
offices, organisations and units.
Speaking at the session, Truong Tan Sang said those who have bravely combated
corruption should be promptly honoured and awarded to encourage others to
engage actively in combating the scourge.
Besides, limitations in regulations on the authority, responsibility, and tasks
of the agencies involved in anti-corruption work should be fixed as soon as
possible to ensure effective performance and operation of these agencies, Sang
said.
He emphasised the need to identify areas and issues for the anti-corruption
work from now to the end of this year, regarding it a key to ensuring the
effectiveness of the fight.
Inspection, auditing, supervision, investigation, prosecution and related activities
should be strengthened by close coordination among relevant agencies to detect
and deal with corruption cases in time.
