Announcement of inspection results of anti-corruption work at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

On the afternoon of July 18, Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court, Member of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Negative Practices, Head of Inspection Team No. 5 worked with the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

At the working session, the inspection team announced the results of the inspection of leadership, direction, and organization of the work of detecting, transferring, receiving, and handling crime reports and denunciations, and recommending prosecution of cases with signs of corruption, economic crimes, and negative acts at the ministry.

Overview of the conference.

Previously, from May 25, 2022 to June 3, 2022, Inspection Team No. 5 of the Steering Committee conducted inspections at the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and 7 functional units of the ministry.

According to the report, in the past 10 years (from 2011 to 2021), the ministry's functional units have conducted 1,049 inspections, including administrative inspections, specialized inspections, and inspections on corruption prevention and control.

Through inspection, economic violations of VND 174.08 billion were discovered, recommendations were made to recover VND 116.61 billion to the State budget, recommendations were made to reduce VND 57.47 billion; 19,089 decisions on administrative sanctions were issued; recommendations were made to review responsibilities and strictly handle organizations and individuals who committed violations; and timely documents were issued to direct the rectification of management activities.

The ministry's functional units have transferred 115 cases with signs of crime to the investigation agency for handling according to the law.

In general, the work of detecting and transferring information about crimes has been led and directed by the Party Committee, and relevant functional units have detected, received and resolved promptly, and the transfer has basically complied with legal regulations.

In addition to the achieved results, the inspection team assessed that the awareness of responsibility and authority in detecting, transferring, receiving and handling information about crimes of the ministry is still limited.

Coordination in administrative inspection and specialized inspection has not met the requirements for State management of sectors and fields, and the detection and handling of information on crimes; and an annual inspection, supervision and monitoring program on this content has not been implemented.

At the conference, representatives of the inspected agencies and units of the ministry basically agreed with the conclusions of the inspection team, and at the same time discussed and clarified some contents in the draft report.

Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Nguyen Hoa Binh speaks at the conference.

Concluding the conference, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Nguyen Hoa Binh highly appreciated the leadership and direction of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity, especially in detecting and handling corruption, economic and negative cases and incidents in recent times.

Along with recording opinions to complete the draft and report to the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity, Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh emphasized that the delegation will review and consider recommendations and proposals to have appropriate and accurate conclusions, creating favorable conditions for the activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the fight against corruption and negativity, making an important contribution to the implementation of the sector's political tasks.

Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh requested the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to continue to direct the strict handling of cases and individuals who violate the law, review information sources on discovered crimes, and transfer them to competent authorities for settlement; continue to strengthen leadership and direction, enhance the responsibility of inspected agencies and units, seriously overcome some shortcomings and limitations, and remove obstacles in the implementation process; effectively implement the conclusions at the conference, ensuring substance and effectiveness.

"The Ministry needs to pay greater attention to the work of preventing and combating corruption, especially reporting crimes; better organize directives and resolutions on preventing and combating corruption and negativity internally, especially in agencies with the function of fighting and combating corruption and negativity" - Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh said.

Speaking at the conference, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan affirmed that the draft Report objectively, fully and accurately assessed the results of the organization of the work of detecting, transferring, receiving and handling denunciations and reports of crimes, and recommending prosecution of cases with signs of corruption, economic crimes and negative acts of the ministry.

"The results of the inspection team are an important basis for the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the coming time./.