With a score of 35, Vietnam ranks 107th among 180 countries and territories in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2017 (Photo: screenshot) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam ranks 107th among 180countries and territories in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017released by Transparency International on February 22, a slight improvementfrom the two previous years.
The country scored of 35 points out of 100 onthe CPI 2017. The country scored 31 in 2015 and 33 in 2016.
The index ranks the 180 countries andterritories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according toexperts and businesspeople. It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero ishighly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
According to Towards Transparency (TT), thenational contact of Transparency International in Vietnam, the slight increaseof the country’s CPI score for two consecutive years is a positive sign for itsanti-corruption efforts.
However, the score does indicate that corruptionin Vietnam’s public sector is still perceived as highly serious.
TT said in 2017, with the renewed commitments ofthe Party and the State, national anti-corruption efforts have attained somepositive results, including the adjudication of serious corruption casesinvolving several high-level public officials. At the same time, Vietnam hascontinued to improve its anti-corruption legal framework, such as the revisionof the existing Law on Anti-corruption in line with international standards.
TT asked the country to take further measuresand develop effective, accountable and inclusive institutions. It recommendedVietnam improve the effectiveness of the National Assembly’s overseeing roleand the independence in adjudication by the judiciary, enhance anti-corruptionefforts in areas where citizens regularly encounter corruption and bribery(police, public health, and public education) and improve the legal frameworkon whistleblower protection to stimulate social participation inanti-corruption.
Meanwhile, businesses should take initiatives infighting against corruption and building business integrity. They should alsostrengthen internal anti-corruption capacities.
Media, civil society organisations and citizensshould engage in anti-corruption efforts by promoting transparency, integrityand accountability, while exercising the right to access information and takingpart in monitoring the implementation of the 2016 Law on Access to Information,according to TT.-VNA
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