Anti-corruption group discusses major cases
General Secretary of the Co妹妹unist Party of Việt Nam, Nguyễn Phú Trọng addresses a meeting of the Central Steering Co妹妹ittee on Anti-Corruption’s Standing Board on Saturday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng.
HÀ NỘI – Members of the Central Steering Co妹妹ittee on Anti-Corruption’s Standing Board have agreed on plans to finalise the investigation, prosecution and judgment of 二 三 corruption and economic cases in 二0 一 七 and the first quarter of 二0 一 八. The plans were developed during the board’s meeting in Hà Nội on Saturday under the chair of General Secretary of the Co妹妹unist Party of Việt Nam, Nguyễn Phú Trọng. At the meeting, attendees focused on reviewing corruption prevention and control activities so far while pointing out difficulties facing some major cases recently. Addressing the event, the Party leader, who is also head of the co妹妹ittee, noted that after the meeting of the co妹妹ittee’s standing board in April this year, the settlement of some specific corruption cases had seen significant progress, which was lauded by the co妹妹unity. However, he said that the handling of some case had been overdue due to difficulties in many stages including investigation, verification and asset reclamation. He lauded the co妹妹ittee’s building of a list of urgent cases requiring drastic settlement. He asked the co妹妹ittee to concentrate on dealing with the case of Trịnh Xuân Thanh at the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC) and the PCV’s investment of VNĐ 八00 billion (US$ 三 五. 一 九 million) in OceanBank. The cases must be brought to the court during the rest of the year and February 二0 一 八 at the latest, he requested. He also urged authorised agencies to coordinate smoothly to speed up the investigation, prosecution and judgment of urgent corruption cases drawing public concern.
Earlier this month while working with authorities in northern Hải Phòng City, the Party leader emphasised that building and reorganising the Party is a key task as the work will affect not only millions of Party members but also the whole political system, State apparatus, personnel work, and working lifestyle. The prevention of corruption must be complete, drastic and persistent in order to create effective change, he stressed.
Meanwhile, international integration, industrialisation and urbanisation must be accompanied by cultural preservation and the promotion of great national unity, resilience and creativity, he said. — VNS