Speaking at theevent, Minister of Public Security and Deputy Head of the Central SteeringCommittee for Anti-Corruption Sen. Lieut. Gen. To Lam hailed the concertedefforts among the agencies last year, which he said, contributed to speeding upthe investigation and trial of major economic and corruption cases.
He stressed theneed to strictly implement the directions of Party General Secretary and Headof the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption Nguyen Phu Trong at its regular meeting on April 17,ensuring the Party’s leadership and directions of the Party Central Committee,Politburo, Secretariat and the steering committee.
Lam asked the PartyCentral Committee’s Internal Affairs Commission and agencies to review, amendand supplement Party documents and legal regulations regarding investigationand trial of corruption cases, especially in evaluating losses, valuing andrecovering assets.
This year, thecentral steering committee decided to establish eight teams to investigate andprosecute serious economic and corruption cases in 20 provinces, he added.
Agencies concernedwere asked to draw lessons from the past to improve the efficiency of the corruptionfight.
Reviewing the worklast year, reports said a number of proposals involving anti-corruptionmechanisms, policies and laws were raised while shortcomings in Statemanagement in socio-economic affairs were promptly fixed.
Concluding theevent, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Internal Affairs Commission PhanDinh Trac urged for the continued joint work to investigate, prosecute and puton trial serious corruption cases and review tasks assigned by the centralsteering committee.-VNA