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Bac Giang intensifies fight against corruption

The northern province of Bac Giang will continue enhancing the efficiency of corruption fighting in the second quarter of this year, Vice Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Than Van Khoa has said.
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Bac Giang (VNA) – The northernprovince of Bac Giang will continue enhancing the efficiency of corruptionfighting in the second quarter of this year, Vice Secretary of the ProvincialParty Committee Than Van Khoa has said.

Numerous measures have been devised to fightcorruption and to enhance the quality of inspection work, with a focus onsectors prone to corruption.

Supervision will be strengthened to enforcethe implementation of legal documents related to corruption, while local prosecutorswill deal with corruption cases promptly.

The provincial Party Committee’s Boardfor Internal Affairs will work with relevant bodies to ensure transparency in theassets and income of local government officials and civil servants.

Communications will also be enhanced to raiseawareness of fighting corruption, while enhancing the role of the People’sCouncil, all political and social organisations, press and people in combatingcorruption.    

According to the provincial PartyCommittee’s Board for Internal Affairs, in the first three months thisyear, five corruption cases were detected, including a case causing losses ofover 13 billion VND (571,000 USD) for a local branch of the Joint Stock CommercialBank for Industry and Trade of Vietnam (Vietinbank).

Ten other corruption cases have beentransferred to authorised agencies to be investigated.-VNA
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