 Ha Noi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged related agencies and ministries to speed up investigation and legal proceedings in eight major corruption cases during the first months of this year.
Speaking at the national conference to review last year's anti-corruption efforts and prepare this year's programme, the Prime Minister asked participants to quickly complete proceedings and announce judgements on eight cases of corruption to the public.
The eight cases include the installation of fake electricity meters by HCM City's power company; the abuse of power by Mac Kim Ton, director of the Education and Training Department in Thai Binh; the bribery scandal in Viet Nam Oil and Gas Corporation; the fraud case involving Nguyen Lam Thai and post and telecommunication units and the illegal selling of garment and textile quotas by the Ministry of Trade.
PM Dung called for completing these cases by the end of the first quarter this year, and three other pending cases in due course. The corruption case in the Project Management Unit 18, the public property case involving Nguyen Duc Chi in Khanh Hoa province and the illegal allocation of public land in Do Son, Hai Phong city, are the three cases.
The Central Steering Committee for Anti-corruption was asked to closely co-operate with ministries and localities in working out action plans for fulfilling their tasks.
He also noted the necessity of improving transparency in government agencies, strengthening grassroots democracy and improving the supervisory role of fatherland fronts and mass organisations at all levels.
PM Dung underlined the role and responsibilities of the mass media in the fight against corruption, and encouraged them to continue the same.
The fight against corruption and wastefulness had achieved positive results last year with great efforts from the whole political system, and helped in regaining the faith of the people in the Government and State's determination to combat social evils, he said.
Agencies and localities need to work seriously this year in order to put government plans into action, the Prime Minister said.-Enditem |