Vietnam: Content of inspection of responsibility for implementing anti-corruption laws

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On July 1, 2024, the Government Inspector General of Vietnam issued Circular 07/2024/TT-TTCP which stipulates the authority and content for inspecting the responsibilities in implementing laws on inspections, citizen reception, complaints, denunciations, and anti-corruption.

Contents of inspection of responsibilities in the implementation of anti-corruption laws

(1) Contents of state management in anti-corruption work

- Drafting legal documents, programs, and anti-corruption work plans;

- Propagating, disseminating, and educating on anti-corruption laws;

- Implementing policies on information and reporting anti-corruption work.

(2) Implementing regulations on preventing corruption

- Publicizing and ensuring transparency in the organization and activities of agencies, organizations, and units;

- Establishing and implementing standards, norms, and policies;

- Enforcing codes of conduct for officials with positions and authority;

- Rotating officials with positions and authority;

- Implementing administrative reforms, applying science and technology in management, and non-cash payments.

(3) Implementing regulations on asset and income control

- Organizing asset and income declarations; publicizing asset and income declaration forms;

- Managing and updating asset and income declarations, and information on asset and income control; monitoring changes in the assets and income of those obligated to declare;

- Verifying assets and income and publicizing verification conclusions on assets and income;

- Protecting, storing, exploiting, and providing information on asset and income control;

- Taking actions against those who violate the obligation to honestly declare assets and income and explain the origin of increased property and income; violations of the deadline for declaring assets and income, and other violations of regulations on asset and income control;

- Building and managing a national database on asset and income control.

(4) Detecting corruption

- Detecting corruption through inspection and self-inspection work;

- Detecting corruption through handling complaints, denunciations, and reports on corrupt behavior;

- Detecting corruption through inspection work.

(5) Handling corruption

- Handling those who commit corruption acts;

- Recovering corrupt assets;

- Addressing other acts violating anti-corruption laws.

(6) Handling the responsibility of the heads of agencies, organizations, and units in anti-corruption.

(7) Implementing inspection conclusions, audit reports, handling decisions, and adhering to directives from higher authorities on anti-corruption work.

(Article 13 Circular 07/2024/TT-TTCP)

Contents of inspection of responsibilities in the implementation of inspection laws

(1) Contents of state management in inspection work

- Advising, drafting, promulgating, and guiding the implementation of regulations on the organization and activities of inspections within authorized jurisdiction (if applicable);

- Implementing the responsibilities of heads of state management agencies and heads of inspection functional agencies as stipulated in the Law on Inspections of Vietnam;

- Implementing policies on information and reporting;

- Setting up, managing, exploiting, using, and storing inspection files and other related contents as prescribed by the inspection law.

(2) Inspection activities

- Organizing and drafting inspection plans, promulgating inspection plans, and executing inspection plans;

- Executing the duties and powers of the decision-maker of the inspection, the head of the inspection team, and other members of the inspection team during the inspection process;

- Executing the authority to issue inspection decisions; drafting and approving inspection implementation plans; complying with inspection duration; adhering to inspection procedures; reporting inspection results; concluding inspections, publicizing inspection conclusions; handling violations related to inspections, and monitoring, urging, and checking the implementation of conclusions, recommendations, and handling decisions related to inspections;

- Supervising the activities of the inspection team, assessing draft inspection conclusions;

- Executing the responsibilities of the heads of state management agencies at the same level in issuing documents to implement inspection conclusions and directing the implementation of inspection conclusions; handling or requesting and recommending authorized state agencies to handle economic violations; handling or requesting and recommending authorized state agencies to handle acts of violation by officials and public employees; applying or requesting and recommending authorized state agencies to apply remedial measures and improving mechanisms, policies, and laws.

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