The
sum-up report will be the ground for building legal documents on supervising
income of officials.
The Central Steering Board for Anti-Corruption
has reviewed five-year implementation of the Law on Anti-corruption. According
to this agency, the anti-corruption task in the past five years still has many
weaknesses; corruption is still serious in many fields and still a great
concern of the entire society.
From October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2009,
220 corruption cases were prosecuted. So far this year, 61 officials have been
punished for irresponsibility, which caused corruption in their field of management.
In an independent research work on corruption,
Jairo Acuna-Alfaro, policy adviser of UNDP Vietnam, said that corruption and
bribery in Vietnam has become popular. As corruption is getting sophisticated,
he said that the most important thing in combating corruption is
anti-corruption agencies are capable to evaluate corruption situation and to
effectively supervise policy-makers.
“The supervisory right needs to be performed
fully in fact, instead of in regulations only,” the UNDP advisor said.
Jairo Acuna-Alfaro agreed that the analysis
ability of anti-corruption agencies in Vietnam has been improved, but he noted
that it is necessary to use data and evidences to show their progress, instead
of verbal description.
James Anderson, from the World Bank, said that
tough measures are needed to combat corruption. He mentioned four factors:
making an independent mechanism for investigative agencies; inspecting asset
declaration of high-ranking officials, asset declaration and expanding
information access.
The Central Steering Board for Anti-corruption
said that regulations on anti-corruption will be amended in order to deal with
the formalism and ineffectiveness of some anti-corruption measures.
According to the board, despite certain
shortcomings, the rule on asset declaration of officials has “certain effects
in preventing corruption” and help better manage state employees.
So far 13 ministries and 11 provinces have
finalized asset declaration in 2010. Three officials were punished for breaking
the regulations on asset declaration.
One of the factors for asset declaration is
banking accounts of officials. To date, nearly 44,000 state agencies have paid
wages through accounts, reaching 54 percent.
PM urges for synchronous anti-corruption
measures
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the
Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption to determine on implementing
synchronous measures to fight corruption.
The PM made the request while attending the
committee’s 16th regular meeting in Hanoi on Nov. 15. The meeting aimed to
review anti-corruption work in the third quarter of this year and put forwards
measures for the remaining months of 2011 and early 2012.
The committee should focus more on measures to
prevent corruption acts, including speeding up the completion of institutions,
administrative reforms, inspection and audit to timely detect and deal with
corruption, PM Dung said.
To ensure the efficiency of public investment
projects, the Government will closely supervise the implementation of these
projects in the direction of placing responsibility on those who make
investment decisions, he added.
The PM entrusted the Government Inspectorate
to build a decree requesting heads of agencies to actively publicise their
bodies’ spending and investment.
Emphasising the importance of anti-corruption
information, the Government leader suggested media agencies continue speeding
up the popularisation and education on corruption prevention in combination
with implementing the campaign “Studying and following the moral example of
President Ho Chi Minh”.
Speaking at the meeting, the the Central
Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption's members said that anti-corruption work
has recorded certain achievements over the past time, representing the
determination of the Party and State and stressing the role, position and
importance of the fight against corruption in the social life.
However, the fight is facing many difficulties
as corruption acts become more sophisticated, they said, adding that the slow
and prolonged process of investigating, prosecuting and handling cases raises
doubts among people on the determination and strictness in corruption
prevention.
According to the committee office's chief
Nguyen Dinh Phach, in the first nine months of 2011, judicial agencies took
proceedings against 161 corruption cases, down 2.4 percent compared to the same
period last year.
Linh Thu
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