Vietnam’s anti-corruption fight will receive a boost after thecountry’s Criminal Code is revised, with more acts to be criminalised inline with international conventions to which Vietnam is a signatory,Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong told the National Assembly at a hearingon June 12.
Accordingly, the law will covercorruption in the private sector as well as illicit enrichment when onecannot clarify the origin of their wealth, he said in response toquestions on how to strengthen legal tools to fight corruption.
The justice minister, one of the four ministers and sector chief toappear before the seventh session of the National Assembly, was alsoqueried about the delay in building laws and the problems in enforcingcivil sentences.
He acknowledged that while theGovernment and the NA Standing Committee have asked to delay thedrafting of 13 legal documents and scrap two others in the law andordinance building programme since the beginning of this tenure, but headded that this number is much smaller than in the previous tenure.
The minister explained that the drafting of somebills had to be suspended for objective reasons, such as to make way forothers more necessary for the implementation of the 2013 Constitution.However, he admitted that poor research and preparation were the reasonsfor the delay of some others.
Earlier on June11, Minister Cuong was asked to clarify the responsibilities ofministries and agencies for the slowness in issuing legal guidance, aswell as the fact that many such documents do not comply with theConstitution and higher laws.
The minister saidwhile this problem cannot be solved immediately, many ministries andagencies have taken measures to punish those responsible for the delay.
In response to the concern of many deputiesthat many ministries tend to build legal documents with more rights butless responsibilities for themselves, the minister said the JusticeMinistry would submit draft amendments to the Law on Legal Documents tothe Government, and seek advice from experts, politicians and NAdeputies to improve the situation.-VNA
Accordingly, the law will covercorruption in the private sector as well as illicit enrichment when onecannot clarify the origin of their wealth, he said in response toquestions on how to strengthen legal tools to fight corruption.
The justice minister, one of the four ministers and sector chief toappear before the seventh session of the National Assembly, was alsoqueried about the delay in building laws and the problems in enforcingcivil sentences.
He acknowledged that while theGovernment and the NA Standing Committee have asked to delay thedrafting of 13 legal documents and scrap two others in the law andordinance building programme since the beginning of this tenure, but headded that this number is much smaller than in the previous tenure.
The minister explained that the drafting of somebills had to be suspended for objective reasons, such as to make way forothers more necessary for the implementation of the 2013 Constitution.However, he admitted that poor research and preparation were the reasonsfor the delay of some others.
Earlier on June11, Minister Cuong was asked to clarify the responsibilities ofministries and agencies for the slowness in issuing legal guidance, aswell as the fact that many such documents do not comply with theConstitution and higher laws.
The minister saidwhile this problem cannot be solved immediately, many ministries andagencies have taken measures to punish those responsible for the delay.
In response to the concern of many deputiesthat many ministries tend to build legal documents with more rights butless responsibilities for themselves, the minister said the JusticeMinistry would submit draft amendments to the Law on Legal Documents tothe Government, and seek advice from experts, politicians and NAdeputies to improve the situation.-VNA
