“Unveiling Iniquities: 2.06 Million Asset Declarations, 147 Disciplined.”

According to the Government Inspectorate’s report at the conference, the implementation of the Law on Corruption Prevention and Control and its guiding documents has yielded numerous positive outcomes across various aspects of the work. Ministries, sectors, and localities have focused on inspecting and supervising the implementation of the code of conduct for officials and public employees in performing their duties and public service.

Along with this, they have organized the rotation of positions for those with authority and power in accordance with the Law on Corruption Prevention and its guiding documents. In the past five years, 235,271 officials and public employees have undergone job rotation as a measure to prevent corruption.

The inspection of assets and incomes of officials and employees has also been properly implemented by ministries, sectors, and localities. During the period from 2020 to 2024, over 2.06 million people declared their assets and incomes. Of these, 37,106 people had their assets and incomes verified, and as a result, 147 people were disciplined for violating regulations on asset and income control.

According to the Government Inspectorate, ministries, sectors, localities, agencies, organizations, and units have strictly adhered to the provisions on the responsibility of leaders in anti-corruption work.

From 2020 to 2024, 264 leaders and deputy leaders were disciplined for negligence that allowed corruption to occur, and 73 people were criminally handled for the same reason.

Alongside the achievements, the Government Inspectorate also pointed out that corruption remains a complex issue with serious implications. The amount of assets involved in corruption cases and the positions and power of those involved are significant. The effectiveness of corruption prevention measures has been limited.

The rate of recovery of corrupt assets and losses is still low, and the value of assets to be recovered in corruption and negativity cases is substantial. Legal provisions for handling corrupt individuals are not strong enough and lack deterrence, thus falling short of expectations in corruption prevention efforts.

At the conference, delegates presented theses and contributed suggestions for improving mechanisms and policies in anti-corruption work. Ms. Nguyen Quynh Lien, Head of the Democracy, Supervision, and Social Criticism Board of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, proposed enhancing the role of society in corruption prevention.

To achieve this, Ms. Lien suggested that specific regulations are needed to enable the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, professional and business associations, the press, and the people to proactively engage, avoiding situations where they only participate when assigned or invited.

Emphasizing the resolute and relentless nature of anti-corruption efforts, without any forbidden areas or exceptions, Inspector General Doan Hong Phong stated that after more than five years of implementing the Law on Corruption Prevention, corruption has been gradually curbed and shows a downward trend.

Prior to the conference, Mr. Doan Hong Phong cited cases that attracted public attention, such as Van Thinh Phat, AIC Company, Phuc Son Group, and Thuan An Group, as evidence of the political determination in the fight against corruption, with no forbidden areas or exceptions.

In addition to improving mechanisms and policies on corruption prevention, Mr. Doan Hong Phong suggested that the legal corridors for economic and social management should also be enhanced to close loopholes and ensure unity and consistency, preventing individuals from exploiting them for corrupt and negative purposes.

According to the Inspector General, inspection, audit, investigation, prosecution, judgment, and execution agencies should focus on completing their organizations and apparatus and arranging forces to effectively carry out anti-corruption work. The inspection agencies should also strengthen the detection and handling of corruption through inspections and promptly transfer cases with criminal signs to investigation agencies.

Inspector General Doan Hong Phong also proposed promoting the role of society in anti-corruption and negativity, associating corruption prevention with criticism and self-criticism, and strengthening the supervision of the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in this work.