VietNamNet Bridge – The Government is committed to clamping down on corruption and strengthening the organisation and prosecution of big time cases in its bid to restore people’s trust.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly concluded a busy year which included the ratification of a revised Constitution, the Land Law and the Law on Public Procurement. It is expected the new laws will help develop a more liberal economy.

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 Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand have surrounded the stadium where candidates were due to register to stand in February's elections.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The former chairman of the Viet National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will stand trial next Thursday, December 12, in what is considered one of the most anticipated corruption trials in recent years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses in Viet Nam were often the victims or perpetrators of corruption, a workshop on commercial integrity heard in Ha Noi on Oct 30.

Lawmakers yesterday listened to an assessment report on the Government's construction and operation of hydro-power projects, noting that those that conflicted with environment or affected the safety of residents should be eliminated.

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Chi Dung’s corruption case at Vinalines has aroused great public criticism and the punishment he gets will measure the country’s anti-corruption will, one official has said.

Up to 89 officers in the mountainous district of Son Ha in the central province of Quang Ngai have been detected of committing embezzlement of over VND4.7 billion of the welfares for veterans and war invalids who are ethnic minority people.

A report by the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam has suggested that 36 officials were charged with corruption during the first eight months of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Bank credit, land use and mineral management, construction, management and use of capital in SOEs are the four areas with sophisticated corruption, reported Inspector General Huynh Phong Tranh.

 More than half of respondents in a global corruption survey released Tuesday think that graft has worsened over the past two years, and a quarter reported having paid officials a bribe in the last 12 months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From January to May 2013, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) found 21 corruption cases, related to nearly VND683 billion ($34 million), over 561 taels of gold and $50,000.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies expressed concern over increasing wastefulness in almost all sectors during a discussion of the revised Law on Practicing Thrift and Fighting Wastefulness on Tuesday.

The market construction cost of 1m2 is about VND3 million, but it is up to VND9 million for toilets built by the Department of Education and Training of Quang Ngai Province. This project is being investigated.

In a short time, the Central Inspection Committee has decided to discipline and proposed to dismiss many provincial and ministry leaders for their violations in management, including having "affairs" with enterprises.

There is a fact that if enterprises do not have relationship of benefits with officials, they cannot receive projects, said a senior Party official.

A sociological survey of the Government Inspectorate and the World Bank recently announced that 80 percent of persons with social positions and powers have non-salary income, in which allowances from meetings account for 55 percent.

Breaking into the house of the Director of the Finance Department of Kon Tum Province in Pleiku City, burglars took 63 taels of gold and a lot of valuable assets worth over VND3 billion ($150,000).

Corruption related to recruitment of public servants still occurs because of inadequacies in the competitive exams. In the government apparatus, up to 30% of civil servants are good for nothing, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.