The Government Inspection service will focus on settling the 63 acuteand outstanding problems detected by the inspectors during theirmissions from 2008 to 2012.
At a press conference in thecapital city on July 19, Ngo Van Khanh, government deputy chiefinspector, said that in the second quarter of this year his agencyconcluded seven inspections on capital management and spending at theVietnam Post and Telecommunication Corporation (VNPT); the execution ofcivil judgments at the Ministry of Justice; tax refund related to thetemporary imports and exports of diesel and petrol at the GeneralDepartment of Customs, and others.
Khanh said thatfollowing their mission to VNPT, the government inspectors petitionedthe corporation to return to the State coffers 105.8 billion VND (5million USD) from the non-compliance of the tax law by the corporationand its affiliates and asked authorities to deal with a sum of 4.9trillion VND (233 million USD) which was wrongly spent.
Hesaid in the second quarter, the agency also conducted 2,270administrative inspections in various ministries, sectors andlocalities.
The inspectors discovered that a total sum of984 billion VND (46.2 million USD) was wrongly spent and almost 449haof land were misused. Based on the results of their inspections, theinspectors petitioned for the return of 143 billion VND (6.8 millionUSD) and 397ha of land.
Regarding the handling of thepeople's petitions and denunciations, by May 30, some 456 out of 528outstanding cases were successfully settled.
Regarding thework in the third quarter of 2013, Khanh promised that his agency woulddo their best to solve the remaining 63 most outstanding problems whilecontinuing to conduct emergency inspection visits if they deemed itnecessary.
At the press conference, Khanh also answeredquestions raised by reporters on the issue of the tax refunds on dieseland petrol, the gold market and the stock exchange.-VNA