Vietnam: Tasks and powers of Inspectorates of provincial-level Finance Departments

According to Article 7 of Decree No. 82/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, inspectorates of provincial-level Finance Departments perform the tasks and powers defined in Article 24 of the Law on Inspection of Vietnam and the following tasks and powers:

- To organize specialized inspection profession training for inspectors and civil servants doing inspection work under provincial-level Finance Departments.

- To disseminate, guide, examine and urge agencies and units managed by provincial-level Finance Departments in implementation of the law on inspection.

- To review and draw experiences from inspection work under the state management of provincial-level Finance Departments.

- Other tasks and powers as prescribed by law.

Moreover, according to Article 8 of Decree No. 82/2012/NĐ-CP, Chief Inspectors of provincial-level Finance Departments perform the tasks and powers defined in Article 25 of the Law on Inspection of Vietnam and the following tasks and powers:

- To report within the ambit of their responsibilities on inspection work to directors of provincial-level Finance Departments, chiefs of provincial-level Inspectorates and the Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Finance.

- To inspect responsibilities of heads of agencies and units managed by provincial-level Finance Departments in implementation of law on inspection.

- To convoke civil servants and public employees of related agencies and units to participate in inspection activities.

- Other tasks and powers as prescribed by law.

Besides, according to Article 9 of Decree No. 82/2012/NĐ-CP, tasks and powers of General Departments and the Insurance Management and Supervision Department are as follows:

- To formulate inspection plans and send them to the Finance Ministry's Inspectorate for summarization and submission to the Minister of Finance for approval, and organization to implement such plans. General Departments shall guide the formulation of inspection plans of their attached Departments and approve such plans.

- To inspect the observance of specialized laws, regulations on speciality - technique and management rules of sectors, fields within their management scope.

- To inspect under plans; to inspect cases showing signs of violation within the competence of General Departments or the Insurance Management and Supervision Department, or at the request of the Chief Inspector of the Finance Ministry.

- To inspect other cases as assigned by the Minister of Finance.

- To monitor, urge and examine the implementation of their inspection conclusions, recommendations and handling decisions; to monitor and examine the implementation of inspection conclusions, recommendations and handling decisions of their attached Departments (if any).

- To perform tasks of settling complaints and denunciations and corruption prevention as prescribed by law.

- To summarize and report to the Finance Ministry's Inspectorate on results of specialized inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and corruption prevention within the management scope of General Departments or the Insurance Management and Supervision Department.

- Other tasks and powers as prescribed by law.

View more details at Decree No. 82/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 25, 2012.

Le Vy

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