Vietnamplus

The Government Inspectorate held a teleconference in Hanoi on July 27 to review its performance in the first six months of 2018 and set out tasks for the last half of the year.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested the Government Inspectorate to deploy comprehensive solutions to fight corruption, detect and promptly address corruption cases.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh requested that unexpected inspections should increase whilst administrative inspections should target areas with high risk of corruption in the rest of the year.

Approximately 330 calls have been made to three national anti-corruption hotlines that were created for the public to report corruption 25 days ago.

Inspectors conducted more than 6,500 administrative inspections and more than 243,600 regular inspections in different sectors last year.

The Government Inspectorate is proposing imposing more stringent asset penalties for and the consideration of the responsibility of legal entities involved in corrupt acts to enhance deterrence.