At the workshop (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Revoking assets gained through corruption is one of the mostimportant measures to deal with the consequences of corruption, said Vo VanDung, deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Internal Affairs Commission.
He said at aworkshop on asset recovery in Vietnam’s anti-corruption legislation in Hanoi onSeptember 21 that guidelines and policies of the Party and State centre on reclaimingill-gotten assets.
Vietnam has madegreat efforts to complete mechanisms and implement anti-corruption activitieswhile enhancing international cooperation in this field, he noted.
However, Dungsaid, results remain poor due to various difficulties in the work.
Caitlin Wiesen-Antin,Country Director of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, pointed outthat unclear legal regulations and a lack of effective coordination betweenagencies are major obstacles to corrupt asset withdrawal in Vietnam.
The UNDP hasassisted Vietnam in anti-corruption over the years, she said, adding that theprogramme has coordinated with Vietnamese agencies like the Internal AffairsCommission, the Ministry of Public Security and the Government Inspectorate inthis regard.
The programme hasprovided support and policy consultancy for the country, especially inimplementing the UN convention on anti-corruption, she said.
Wiesen noted thatthe workshop is one of the UNDP’s supportive programmes for Vietnam incorruption combat.
Assoc. Prof. Dr.Tran Van Do, former Deputy Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court, noted thelimited number of handled corruption cases, with only 38.3 percent of corruptassets revoked in 2016.
He held that thelegal system remains inadequate, taking the Penal Code as an example, which, hesaid, does not prescribe “hidden” corrupt acts like getting rich illegally andreceiving expensive gifts.
Echoing Do’sviews, Nguyen Dinh Quyen, Director of the National Assembly’s LegislativeResearch Institute, said that incomplete legal institutions have hinderedanti-corruption efforts.
Given this, theyunderlined the need to devise mechanisms to control the assets and incomes ofofficials.-VNA
He said at aworkshop on asset recovery in Vietnam’s anti-corruption legislation in Hanoi onSeptember 21 that guidelines and policies of the Party and State centre on reclaimingill-gotten assets.
Vietnam has madegreat efforts to complete mechanisms and implement anti-corruption activitieswhile enhancing international cooperation in this field, he noted.
However, Dungsaid, results remain poor due to various difficulties in the work.
Caitlin Wiesen-Antin,Country Director of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, pointed outthat unclear legal regulations and a lack of effective coordination betweenagencies are major obstacles to corrupt asset withdrawal in Vietnam.
The UNDP hasassisted Vietnam in anti-corruption over the years, she said, adding that theprogramme has coordinated with Vietnamese agencies like the Internal AffairsCommission, the Ministry of Public Security and the Government Inspectorate inthis regard.
The programme hasprovided support and policy consultancy for the country, especially inimplementing the UN convention on anti-corruption, she said.
Wiesen noted thatthe workshop is one of the UNDP’s supportive programmes for Vietnam incorruption combat.
Assoc. Prof. Dr.Tran Van Do, former Deputy Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court, noted thelimited number of handled corruption cases, with only 38.3 percent of corruptassets revoked in 2016.
He held that thelegal system remains inadequate, taking the Penal Code as an example, which, hesaid, does not prescribe “hidden” corrupt acts like getting rich illegally andreceiving expensive gifts.
Echoing Do’sviews, Nguyen Dinh Quyen, Director of the National Assembly’s LegislativeResearch Institute, said that incomplete legal institutions have hinderedanti-corruption efforts.
Given this, theyunderlined the need to devise mechanisms to control the assets and incomes ofofficials.-VNA
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