Supervisory activities of people’s inspection boards in state agencies, public non-business units and state enterprises in Vietnam

According to Article 31 of the Decree No. 159/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, within 5 days before conducting a supervision, a people’s inspection board shall send its plan to the grassroots Trade Union Executive Committee and the head of the state agency, public non-business unit or state enterprise. The plan must specify the supervision contents, time and location; supervisors; funding and conditions for the supervision. During supervision, a people’s inspection board may request the head of the state agency, public non-business unit or state enterprise to provide information and documents relevant to the supervision contents.

Besides, if detecting acts of infringing upon the lawful rights and interests of cadres, civil servants, public employees or laborers, which show signs of corruption, waste, improper budget collection and spending and improper use of contributed amounts, welfare funds of cadres, civil servants, public employees or laborers and other illegal acts which fall within the scope of supervision by the people’s inspection board, a people’s supervision board shall propose directly or via the grassroots Trade Union Executive Committee the head of the state agency, public non-business unit or state enterprise or competent agencies or organizations to consider and settle them. In case of directly proposing the head to consider and settle, the people’s inspection board shall report thereon to the grassroots Trade Union Executive Committee.

Within 15 days after receiving a proposal, the head of the state agency, public non-business unit, state enterprise or a competent agency or organization shall consider and settle it and notify the settlement result to the people’s inspection board. If the proposal is not considered and settled or fully implemented, the people’s inspection board may propose the head of the immediate superior agency, organization or unit of the state agency, public non-business unit or state enterprise to consider and settle the matter and handle concerned persons. If the head of the superior agency, organization or unit does not consider and settle the matter, the people’s inspection board may propose other competent agencies, organizations or persons to consider and settle it, then handle concerned persons.

View more details at the Decree No. 159/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 01, 2017.

Ty Na

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