Focus on building a clean and strong Party Internal Affairs sector, an agency of 'integrity of integrity'

Resolutely fight against corruption, waste and negativity

Since the beginning of 2025, under the leadership and direction of the Politburo and the Secretariat with many major policies and decisions, the Home Affairs sector has successfully completed its tasks according to the set programs and plans.

The Central Internal Affairs Commission also actively researched and proposed major policies, viewpoints, and orientations on the work of preventing and combating corruption, waste, and negativity in the draft documents of the 14th National Party Congress.

Review and propose amendments and supplements to Party regulations and State laws in the fields of internal affairs, anti-corruption, waste, negativity and judicial reform, ensuring compliance with new Party policies and regulations on reorganizing apparatus and administrative units at all levels.

In the first 6 months of the year, the Central Internal Affairs Committee received and handled 3,456 petitions, complaints, denunciations, recommendations, and reflections. The internal affairs committees of provincial and municipal Party committees advised on organizing 346 meetings and dialogues with 1,376 citizens; received and handled 28,764 petitions, complaints, denunciations, recommendations, and reflections... Advised on and directed the handling of 215 outstanding, complicated, and prolonged cases...

Coordinated and advised on bringing 11 corruption, waste, and negative cases and incidents to the Central Steering Committee for monitoring and direction, including 4 cases and incidents causing waste. Issued 128 documents to implement the conclusions of meetings and sessions; urged, guided, and advised on removing difficulties and obstacles in policies, guidelines, and coordination in handling a number of serious and complicated cases and incidents... Also in the first 6 months of the year, local authorities disciplined 43 leaders for corruption and negative incidents.

The Provincial and Municipal Party Committees' Internal Affairs Committees also chaired and coordinated the appraisal of 488 projects and documents; and provided opinions on 1,423 projects and documents related to the fields of internal affairs, anti-corruption, waste, negativity, and judicial reform.

Implementing the policy of reorganizing the apparatus and administrative units at the provincial level, the Provincial and Municipal Party Committees' Internal Affairs Committees were reorganized into 34 Provincial and Municipal Party Committees' Internal Affairs Committees with 132 department-level units.

In Nghe An, identifying the prevention and fight against corruption and negativity as an important and regular task of the Party and State, under the leadership of the Provincial Steering Committee, all levels and sectors continue to synchronously implement solutions, creating positive and comprehensive changes, contributing to maintaining political security, order and social safety, serving the socio-economic development of the province.

At the conference, representatives of many localities, central departments and branches spoke and proposed a number of solutions to improve the efficiency of work in the last 6 months of the year. Among them, there were many opinions on the improvement of the provincial Steering Committee apparatus in localities after the merger and reorganization; some cases and incidents under the monitoring of the Central Steering Committee were still slow; the number of corruption and negative cases discovered through inspection and examination work transferred to investigation agencies for verification and handling was still low...

Building the Internal Affairs sector as an agency of "integrity of integrity"

In his concluding remarks at the Conference, Comrade Phan Dinh Trac - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission acknowledged the effectiveness of the provincial Steering Committees. He also criticized some localities for not being resolute in handling key cases, with many cases being left to drag on.

Comrade Phan Dinh Trac also emphasized that in the coming time, the Party Internal Affairs sector needs to seriously and effectively implement the Plan to thoroughly grasp and implement the General Secretary's Conclusion on internal affairs, prevention and fight against corruption, waste and negativity to raise awareness and responsibility of cadres, party members and civil servants of the Party Internal Affairs sector on internal affairs, prevention and fight against corruption, waste and negativity and judicial reform in the new situation. In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to building a clean and strong Party Internal Affairs sector, an agency of "integrity of integrity"...

Continue to further improve the effectiveness of research and consultation on major policies and strategies; the quality of consultation on the completion of important legal documents related to internal affairs, anti-corruption, anti-waste, negativity and judicial reform. Further improve the quality of participation in personnel work, especially personnel for Party Congresses at all levels; resolutely not to allow degraded, corrupt, wasteful and negative cadres into the new Party Committee...

Closely follow the locality, promptly complete the Steering Committees for preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity at the provincial level in localities after mergers and acquisitions, ensuring the correct structure, composition and regulations, ensuring that there are no gaps in direction and leadership of internal affairs work.

At the same time, promote the application of science, technology, and digital transformation in the activities of the Party's Internal Affairs sector. In particular, urgently research and build a digital database system of the Party's Internal Affairs sector, ensuring "correct, sufficient, clean, and alive", promptly serving the work of consulting and directing...