Prohibited acts in resolving complaints and denunciations regarding corruption in Vietnam

Prohibited acts in resolving complaints and denunciations regarding corruption in Vietnam (Illustrative image)

Article 12 Circular 05/2011/TT-TTCP stipulates, the prohibited acts in the activity of resolving complaints and denunciations in Vietnam include:

- Harassing, obstructing the exercise of complaint and denunciation rights;

- Delaying the issuance of decisions to accept for resolution, verification, conclusion, recommendation to resolve complaints and denunciations;

- Falsifying case files during the process of verification, conclusion, recommendation to resolve complaints and denunciations; reporting verification results untruthfully;

- Concluding, recommending, issuing decisions to resolve complaints, making decisions to handle denunciations that are unlawful;

- Covering up the accused, the complained person; disclosing information about the whistleblower;

- Abusing the name of the agency, the head of the agency, the unit to handle personal work when performing the task of resolving complaints and denunciations;

- Other prohibited acts as prescribed by law in Vietnam.

Simultaneously, the activities of resolving complaints and denunciations about anti-corruption in Vietnam must ensure:

- Complaint and denunciation petition, and information reflected from various sources to the state inspection agency must be received, handled promptly, recorded, monitored, aggregated, and reported in accordance with the law;

- Verification must be conducted with the correct authority, procedures, promptly, cautiously, accurately, objectively, truthfully; verification documents must be compiled into a file;

- Verification result reports must be constructed openly, democratically; content must be truthful, objective, comprehensive;

- Conclusions, recommendations for resolution must be correct in content, right target, legally based, and feasible; protecting the interests of the State, legitimate rights, and interests of organizations and individuals; protecting the whistleblower according to legal provisions;

- Verification, conclusion resolve complaints, denunciations through the Inspection Team is carried out in accordance with regulations for inspection activities.

More details can be found in Circular 05/2011/TT-TTCP, which comes into force in Vietnam from March 7, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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