Inspectors said the Department of Natural Resource and Environment and the state-owned Saigon Agriculture Incorporation had also failed to keep corruption in check.

Inspectors said all corruption cases discovered at the aforementioned agencies was detected by state inspections and audits. No instances had been detected internally, according to state investigators.

Tai said the agencies had to improve inspections and work harder to better prevent corruption by focusing on high-risk fields such as project investment licensing and construction licensing.

They also had to better monitor the listing of officials’ incomes and property as regulated by the government, he said.

Reported by Minh Nam