For the coming six months, Dung has asked ministries, central sectors and branches at all levels to continue effectively implementing the adopted solutions to combat this menace.

The government leader also asked the press to provide the public with accurate and prompt information relating to the national fight against corruption.

As head of the Anti-corruption Central Steering Committee, Dung pointed to weaknesses in anticorruption efforts, including the slow implementation of anti-corruption regulations in the domains of declaration of assets and land management and the time-consuming handling of suspected cases of corruption.

The Anti-Corruption Central Steering Committee reported that in the past six months, government inspectors uncovered wrongdoings that were worth over VND11 trillion (US$618 million) in addition to nearly $150,000.

The inspectors also proposed the imposition of administrative sanctions on 11 collectives and 24 individuals and suggested investigation units continue to probe into three other cases.

Source: VNA