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The Corruption Eradication Commission of Indonesia (KPK) have arrested dozens of officials on corruption charges in many localities.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked each State-owned group and corporation to become centre for innovation during a conference in Hanoi on October 16.

Inspection work has received special attention from the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh throughout the process of building a politically, ideologically and organizationally strong party.

Inspector General Le Minh Khai of the Government Inspectorate held talks with Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection Men Sam An in Hanoi on October 15.

Draft documents for the upcoming 13th National Party Congress and personnel issues were high on the agenda of the 11th plenum of the Party Central Committee, which took place in Hanoi from October 7-12.

News and World Report of the US has ranked Vietnam eighth among 29 best economies to invest in, and first among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the list.

Voters in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh, Tay Ho and Hoan Kiem districts expressed their support for and confidence in the leadership of the Party and State, and the management of the Government during their meeting with Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on October 15.

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened the 38th meeting on October 14 with several draft laws and important reports on its agenda.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the important role of the Vietnamese business community in national development at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 13 to mark the 15th anniversary of Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day.

The 11th plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee concluded in Hanoi on October 12 after six days of sitting, fulfilling all of its set working agenda.

Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has affirmed that former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government led by the National Front showed the lack of transparency in property transactions worth over 4 billion USD during the 2010 – 2017 period.

Malaysian authorities have ordered 80 individuals and entities to pay fines for allegedly receiving money from the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said on October 7.

Most participants in a recent study conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) showed their support toward the revocation of the revision of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law, which is said to contain articles that would weaken the antigraft body.

The banking sector is waiting for the State Bank of Việt Nam to allow the use of electronic know your customer/client (e-KYC).

A delegation from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), led by President Dang Xuan Hoan, has paid a working trip to Ukraine.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac paid a working trip to the UK from September 25 – October 2.

The capital city of Hanoi recorded impressive socio-economic development results in the first nine months of this year, with a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.35 percent, up from the 6.95 percent expansion recorded in the same period last year.

Senator La Nyalla Mattalitti was elected President of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), Indonesia’s upper house, for the 2019-2024 tenure on October 1 evening, local media reported.

Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on September 27 announced it had detained former Minister of Youth and Sports Imam Nahrawi after questioning him for several hours related to a corruption case.

Party members and the public have expressed their approval of the Politburo’s new regulation on power control in personnel work, and the prevention of bribery to acquire high-ranking positions.