HCM City, Russia share anti-corruption experience

Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong received visiting deputy head of the Anti-Corruption Department of the Russian President Alexander Anikin in the city on February 20.
HCM City, Russia share anti-corruption experience ảnh 1Ho Chi Minh City, Russia share anti-corruption experience (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Chairman of the HCM City People’s CommitteeNguyen Thanh Phong received visiting deputy head of the Anti-CorruptionDepartment of the Russian President Alexander Anikin in the city on February20.

Sharing the city’s anti-corruption work, Phong said the municipal authoritieshave paid due attention to directing the implementation of measures to fightcorruption and wastefulness with concrete programmes and plans.

The city has enhanced supervision over organisations and competent agencies topromptly and effectively prevent acts that trouble people and businesses aswell as set up delegations to inspect, receive and handle crime denouncements,he said.

Annually, the local authorised agencies coordinate in assessing people’ssatisfaction towards administrative agencies while the municipal leaders havefocused on corruption prevention to reinforce residents’ trusts inadministrations, he added.

The HCM City leader proposed the Anti-Corruption Department of the RussianPresident and the city’s authorised agencies strengthen cooperation in thisfield through increasing the exchange of delegations, and organising seminarsand training courses on anti-corruption work.

For his part, Alexander Anikin said his visit aims to enhance collaborationwith the Vietnam Government Inspectorate in fields signed between both sides.

Affirming huge potential for development cooperation between Vietnam andRussia, he said his agency is willing to contribute to the common developmentof the countries by sharing anti-corruption experience with Vietnam in general andHCM City in particular.-VNA
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