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HANOI: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered
ministries, agencies and localities nationwide to step up their
fight against corruption next year, local newspaper Vietnam News
reported Monday.
In a conference attended by representatives from
32 northern provinces and cities on December 22, Dung said
ministries and government agencies should join hands to perfect
policies and procedures to combat corruption in land management, the
construction sector, project management, budget spending and asset
management.
Reports presented by Vietnam’s Central
Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption showed that there were 584
corruption cases involving 1,299 people uncovered this year. The
cases resulted in losses totaling about 865 billion Vietnamese dong
($54.1 million).
Of the total cases, 360 cases involving 843
defendants went to court, and 75 cases involving 135 people are
undergoing legal proceedings.
The committee, headed by the prime minister,
said the government should focus on raising public awareness of
corruption and step up monitoring activities.
-- Xinhua
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