Officials from several Southeast Asian countries met in Hanoi on June 22 to review the preparations for the sixth meeting of the parties to the Memorandum of Understanding on Preventing and Combating Corruption (SAE PAC), which will take place in Cambodia in November 2010.
The two-day meeting brought together officials from Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Vietnam’s Vice Inspector General Mai Quoc Binh chaired the event and stated that the governments of a number of Southeast Asian countries have prioritised the fight against corruption and have encouraged every sector, organisation and people from all walks of life to get involved in the campaign.
He underlined that Vietnam sees the fight against corruption as one of its most important tasks so it has adopted a national anti-corruption strategy to 2020 and ratified the UN convention on combating corruption.
Binh added that Vietnam has placed a special emphasis on boosting international cooperation, especially with Asian and Southeast Asian countries, to learn from each other’s experiences while stepping up regional integration to combat the menace.
The officials covered judicial support during investigations into corruption, the admission of Laos into the SAE PAC, the invitation of Myanmar to attend the conference and Cambodia’s preparations for the event.
They will also discuss Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Committee’s proposal to introduce an Integrity Award in Southeast Asia and the Vietnamese Inspectorate’s initiative to promote the SEA PAC’s image in the region.
The fifth SAE PAC meeting was held in Hanoi in 2009./.
The two-day meeting brought together officials from Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Vietnam’s Vice Inspector General Mai Quoc Binh chaired the event and stated that the governments of a number of Southeast Asian countries have prioritised the fight against corruption and have encouraged every sector, organisation and people from all walks of life to get involved in the campaign.
He underlined that Vietnam sees the fight against corruption as one of its most important tasks so it has adopted a national anti-corruption strategy to 2020 and ratified the UN convention on combating corruption.
Binh added that Vietnam has placed a special emphasis on boosting international cooperation, especially with Asian and Southeast Asian countries, to learn from each other’s experiences while stepping up regional integration to combat the menace.
The officials covered judicial support during investigations into corruption, the admission of Laos into the SAE PAC, the invitation of Myanmar to attend the conference and Cambodia’s preparations for the event.
They will also discuss Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Committee’s proposal to introduce an Integrity Award in Southeast Asia and the Vietnamese Inspectorate’s initiative to promote the SEA PAC’s image in the region.
The fifth SAE PAC meeting was held in Hanoi in 2009./.
