Ha Noi (VNA) - The Central Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Combating convened its first session on Oct. 4 to introduce its organisation, tasks and authority, working regulations and programme for the period between now and the end of this year.
The committee comprises of 10 members and is headed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Addressing the session, President Nguyen Minh Triet said the fight against corruption and wastefulness has yielded encouraging results, winning the public's support. He instructed the committee to guide all agencies and localities in preventing and fighting corruption and wastefulness and promptly deal with outstanding cases.
PM Dung stressed that the fight against corruption, negative phenomena and wastefulness was a long-term task and the common cause of the whole political system.
According to Dung, from now to the end of the year the committee will urge ministries and agencies to work out legal documents in accordance with the Government's Programme of Action to implement the Anti-corruption Law and decrees on property declaration and the giving and receiving of gifts.
In particular, the committee will instruct the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Public Security and relevant agencies and localities to concentrate on solving several corruption cases of public concern, including the Project Management Unit 18 (PMU18) case, the fraud and property appropriation by Nguyen Lam Thai which involved some local post offices; the abuse of power and bribery of government inspectors at projects of the Viet Nam Petroleum Corporation (PetroVietnam), and the fraud and property appropriation by Nguyen Duc Chi relating to the Rusalka project in central Khanh Hoa province.-Enditem |