By the end of May, all ministries, sectors and localities had completed the second phase of administrative reform, which plays an extremely important role in preventing and combating corruption.

The information was reported by Vu Tien Chien, head of the Anti-corruption Central Steering Committee Office, during a working session with Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Communist Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, in Hanoi on June 8.

Chien said in the past five months, the fight against corruption was carried out diversely in conjunction with the movement of “studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example”, making officials, Party members and people better aware of anti-corruption work.

A legal framework has also been completed for an institutional system, laying a political and legal foundation for anti-corruption affairs to go on not just in the short run but even in the long run, Chien noted.

He said measures to prevent and combat corruption have continuously been implemented in an open and transparent manner in the functions of State offices, organisations and units.

Speaking at the session, Truong Tan Sang said those who have bravely combated corruption should be promptly honoured and awarded to encourage others to engage actively in combating the scourge.

Besides, limitations in regulations on the authority, responsibility, and tasks of the agencies involved in anti-corruption work should be fixed as soon as possible to ensure effective performance and operation of these agencies, Sang said.

He emphasised the need to identify areas and issues for the anti-corruption work from now to the end of this year, regarding it a key to ensuring the effectiveness of the fight.

Inspection, auditing, supervision, investigation, prosecution and related activities should be strengthened by close coordination among relevant agencies to detect and deal with corruption cases in time.