Corruption fight on the right track

Hanoi (VNA) - More than 123,000 inspections on corruption have been conducted in 2015, with about 212 trillion VND (9.57 billion USD) seized by investigators.

The State has recovered 70 percent of misappropriated monies. This shows the innovation in planning, administration, management, and promoting responsibilities and qualities of inspectors, said Chief Government Inspector Huynh Phong Tranh during an interview on a VTV show People ask, Ministers answer on December 13.

He praised Hanoi and HCM City for carrying out many inspections.

During the first nine months of the year, the Hanoi Inspectorate has transferred seven cases where crimes were suspected to functional authorities for further investigation while the figure in HCM City is four cases.

Tranh said that there should be thorough and practical efforts made to tackle corruption.

Regarding Vietnam's implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and tasks on corruption prevention and fight, Tranh said that Vietnam had achieved positive results.

Vietnam's Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index jumped from 25 out of 100 points in 2001 to 31 points in 2014. The score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2001, Vietnam ranked 75 out of 91 countries. In 2014, it ranked 119th out of 174 countries.

Vietnam has been reviewing the ten-year implementation of the Law on Anti-Corruption to launch thorough law reforms.

The Government and local authorities regularly publish activities and policies at forums and National Assembly meetings for citizens to supervise.

Vietnam's responsibility on explanation was highly assessed by the Transparency International. Vietnamese Government and State agencies at all levels regularly explain issues that media and public are concerned about, Tranh said.

Tranh said that the Government Inspectorate would cooperate with ministries and sectors to handle prolonged complaints and denunciations in the Mekong Delta region, in the central and Central Highlands regions and in the North.-VNA