Vietnam ranks 107th among 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017 released by Transparency International on February 22, a slight improvement from the two previous years.
The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) co-organised a seminar in Hanoi on June 8 to seek ways to improve sanctions against corruption in Vietnam’s anti-corruption law.
Practical initiatives and new ideas of the community are being sought to
enhance transparency, public integrity and accountability and reduce
corruption in Vietnam, heard a conference in northern Thai Nguyen
province on January 15.
The Government Inspectorate should closely work with ministries, local
departments and sponsors to create favourable conditions for community
initiatives to prevent and combat corruption in Vietnam.
Business community and public officials have learnt how corruption works
and how to combat the scourge in a more efficient manner at a workshop
in northern Hai Phong city.
The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam and the World Bank officially
announced Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative Programme 2013 (VACI) on
December 13 in Thai Nguyen province.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said all ministries, agencies and
localities must consider corruption prevention and detection their
central, regular and uninterrupted task.
The Anti-Corruption Dialogue, after nine working sessions from August
2007 to May 2011, has become an important channel for participants to
share experiences and map out orientations for the fight against
corruption in Vietnam.
The UK and Vietnam are enjoying expanded trade and investment
relations after the signing of a strategic partnership agreement last
year, Tim Brownbill, British Consul General in HCM City and
Director of UK Trade&Investment, told the media on Oct. 18.
The final round of competition of Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative,
VACI 2011 was launched on August 16 by the Government Inspectorate and
the World Bank (WB) in Hanoi.
A round-table workshop with a focus on the prevention of corruption in
the management and use of land was held in Hanoi on May 16, as a
preparation for the ninth anti-corruption dialogue.
Simplifying land-related administrative reforms and increasing
transparency and the accountability of people involved with such deals
will help eradicate land-management corruption in Vietnam.
