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Stronger measures called for in battle against corruption
Deputy
Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong, who is also the Deputy Director of the Central
Steering Board for Anti-Corruption, has asked the staff at the Board’s Office to
be proactive in initiating measure to help combat corruption.
Addressing a meeting to review the office’s activities during 2010 and discuss
plans for 2011 in the capital city yesterday, Jan 24, Trong said achievements
made by the office last year were an important element that helped the office
enhance its image and fight against corruption nationwide.
“To
uphold an anti-corruption spirit, you should closely follow suspected corruption
cases, particularly serious and complex ones and then come up with effective
proposals to handle them,” said Trong. He also
asked the office to work closely with ministries, sectors and localities to make
sure their 2011 anti-corruption plans would be well executed, including a
communication campaign that aims to raise people’s awareness. The
office is also expected in 2011 to expand its international relations concerning
anti-corruption, implement the UN Act against Corruption, push the National
Anti-Corruption Strategy and continue other activities that are in line with the
Resolution adopted at the 11th National Party Congress. In 2010,
the Office advised the Central Steering Board for Anti-Corruption. It presented
27 complex, serious corruption cases to the Board. These cases were highlighted
so that similar cases in the future will be given appropriate attention.
Thirteen cases will be handled by the National Steering Board and the 14 others
by the Office.
Diplomatic corps visit Ho Dynasty Citadel
A delegation of foreign diplomats paid a working
visit to the Ho Dynasty Citadel, a national heritage site of Vietnam, in the
northern central province of Thanh Hoa on January 22-23.
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Photo: Vietnam+ | The delegation included, UNESCO’s
Chief Representative in Vietnam, Katherine Muller-Marin and Head of the Culture
and External Relations and UNESCO Department under the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Pham Sanh Chau along with representatives, ambassadors and deputy
ambassadors from China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Austria, Indonesia, Morocco, Russia,
Germany and the Belgium. During the visit, the foreign
diplomats were provided with detained information about global outstanding value
of the Ho Dynasty Citadel. The citadel of the Ho Dynasty, also
called Tay Do Citadel, is situated in Vinh Tien and Vinh Long communes, Vinh Loc
district, west of Thanh Hoa city. Built about 600 years ago, with four
gates in the centre of the wall facing South, North, East and West, the Ho
Dynasty Citadel is an old military compound of great cultural and historical
value. It was the old capital of Vietnam from 1397 to 1407.
The citadel includes three sections: A bamboo hedge, a moat and parts of the
citadel walls behind which are the structures of several palaces connected to
each other by marble-paved roads. In 2004, Vietnamese and Japanese
archaeologists conducted initial excavations in the centre of the citadel and
found architectural traces of old palaces. In 2010, they discovered the
foundation and main part of the Nam Giao, an elevated platform for royal rituals
worshiping the Heaven and the Earth, about 30cm under ground. The excavations also revealed
thousands of artefacts believed to belong to the Ho Dynasty and ceramics of
Vietnam and China, proving cultural exchanges had existed between Vietnam and
neighbouring countries at the time. Thanh Hoa province has submitted the
complete dossier on the Ho Dynasty Citadel to the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for consideration and recognition
as a world heritage site.
VN
attends Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum
A
delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly led by Nguyen Van Son, head of
the NA’s Committee for External Relations, is attending the 19th annual
Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) meeting in Mongolia that began on
January 23. While in
Mongolia, Son has met with the chairperson of the parliament, the prime minister
and international delegations. At the
four-day event, 245 delegates from 17 regional countries will focus their
discussion on a wide range of issues regarding security, politics, economics,
trade and regional co-operation. Delegates will also map out plans for future
APPF meetings. The APPF
is a forum for parliamentarians to seek opportunities for co-operation as well
as discuss challenges facing the countries and pressing global issues. They
also share experiences in policy making, deliberate regional integration and
political and social reforms, and discuss the cultural development of
less-developed countries.
Deputy PM pays a New Year visit to Yen Bai
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong paid a New
Year visit to the northern province of Yen Bai party committee, administration
and people on January 24.
Mr Trong, who is also Head of the
Northwestern Steering Committee, highlighted the province’s achievements
recorded in recent times and asked local party members, especially in the two
districts of Mu Cang Chai and Tram Tau to engage in reducing poverty sustainably.
He also urged them to pay more attention to training human resources by
improving their leadership role and fulfilling the targets set by the Party
Congress. The Chairman of the provincial
People’s Committee Hoang Thuong Luong reported that last year, the province
maintained a high economic growth of 13.3 percent with average annual income per
capita of VND10.75 million and finalized a zoning plan for reforestation
including rubber and other trees on 14,600 hectares. To welcome the Lunar New Year
festival, the province has presented more than 10,000 gifts worth VND1.792
billion to families of social policy. A branch of the Bank for Investment
and Development of Vietnam in Yen Bai has sent 2,500 gifts worth VND500 million
to local poor families.
Nakhon Phanom promotes cooperation with central
Vietnam
Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom province pledged to promote
cooperation in all fields with Vietnam’s central provinces.
The governor of Nakhon Phanom gave
the statement while receiving Vietnam’s ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary (AEP) to Thailand Ngo Duc Thang during his visit to Thailand’s
north-western provinces from January 21-26. The Nakhon Phanom Governor said the
third Friendship Bridge, connecting Nakhon Phanom to Laos, will assist trade and
investment promotion to Vietnam’s central localities. It will create favourable conditions
for goods from Thailand’s north-western provinces to reach other countries
through Vietnam’s Vung Ang and Chan May ports. Recently, many schools in Nakhon
Phanom have taught Vietnamese for the provincial staff for further cooperation
with Vietnam. Staff from central Vietnam also came to study Thai language and
culture. Ngo Duc Thang said he would help to
promote a cooperative relationship between Nakhon Phanom and Vietnamese
localities.
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