What is Government Inspectorate? What are the tasks and powers of the Government Inspectorate in Vietnam?

What is Government Inspectorate?

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 14 of the Law on Inspection 2010, the Government Inspectorate is an agency of the Government, answerable to the Government for performing the state management of the work of inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and prevention and combat of corruption nationwide; and performs activities of inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and prevention and combat of corruption under law.

The Government Inspectorate is composed of the Inspector General, Deputy Inspectors General and inspectors.

- The Inspector General is a cabinet member and the head of the inspection sector. The Inspector General is answerable to the National Assembly and the Prime Minister for the work of inspection. settlement of complaints and denunciations and prevention and combat of corruption.

- Deputy Inspectors General shall assist the Inspector General in performing his/her tasks as assigned by the latter.

What is Government Inspectorate? What are the tasks and powers of the Government Inspectorate in Vietnam? (Internet image)

Tasks and powers of the Government Inspectorate in Vietnam

- In the state management of inspection, the Government Inspectorate has the following tasks and powers:

+ To formulate and submit strategies, program orientations and legal documents on inspection to competent authorities for promulgation or approval, or promulgate them according to its competence; to guide. propagate, examine and inspect the implementation of the law on inspection;

+ To work out its inspection plans; to guide ministerial and provincial inspectorates in working out, and organizing the implementation of, their inspection plans;

+ To direct inspection work and provide professional guidance on inspection; to provide professional inspection training for the contingent of officials and civil servants engaged in inspection work;

+ To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Home Affairs in. guiding the organizational apparatus and state payrolls of inspectorates of all levels and sectors, conditions and criteria for appointment of chief inspectors, deputy chief inspectors and inspectors of all levels and sectors;

+ To request ministries and ministerial-level agencies (below collectively referred to as ministries) and provincial-level People's Committees to report on inspection work; to summarize and report on results of inspection work; to summarize experience in inspection work:

+ To monitor, urge and examine the implementation of the Prime Minister's and its own inspection conclusions, recommendations and handling decisions;

+ To enter into international cooperation on inspection work.

- In inspection activities, the Government Inspectorate has the following tasks and powers:

+. To inspect the implementation of policies and laws, the performance of tasks and exercise of powers by ministries, government-attached agencies and provincial-level People's Committees; to inspect state enterprises established under decisions of the Prime Minister;

+ To inspect complicated cases related to management responsibilities of many ministries and provincial-level People's Committees;

+ To inspect other cases assigned by the Prime Minister;

+ To examine, when necessary, the accuracy and lawfulness of inspection conclusions and post-inspection handling decisions of ministers and heads of ministerial-level agencies (below collectively referred to as ministers) and chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees.

- It shall perform the state management of the settlement of complaints and denunciations under the law on complaints and denunciations.

- It shall perform the state management of the prevention and combat of corruption, and perform the corruption prevention and combat task under the anti-corruption law.

Pursuant to: Article 15 of the Law on Inspection 2010,.

Mai Thanh Loi

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