General Secretary and strong statements on anti-corruption

On the morning of April 10, 2018, the Party Central Committee Secretariat met under the chairmanship of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, listening to a summary report of the inspection results of the Secretariat's five inspection delegations, inspections of 10 provinces and five central agencies on the implementation of Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee on Party building and rectification in conjunction with the implementation of Directive 05 of the Politburo on promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle.Photo: VOV

Speaking here, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized:"Building and rectifying the Party, preventing corruption, whoever feels hindered or discouraged should step aside and let someone else do it." Photo: VOV

Two months later, at the National Conference on Anti-Corruption (June 2018), General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong commented: Anti-corruption work in some localities, ministries and sectors has not had clear changes, there is still a situation of "hot above, cold below", deference, avoidance, and fear of conflict.Photo: VOV

Also at this conference, the General Secretary affirmed: All cadres and party members, first and foremost leaders, must be exemplary, take the lead, have high self-awareness and unity in will and action in the fight against corruption; not be afraid of losing prestige, not be afraid of shortcomings; on the contrary, must boldly act to maintain prestige, strengthen people's trust and must be public so that people know, support and supervise.Photo: VNA

According to the head of our Party, we must focus on directing the development and completion of Party regulations, State policies and laws on corruption prevention and control; strive from now until the end of the term to basically complete a step in building a strict prevention mechanism so that "corruption is impossible"; We must thoroughly grasp the motto of strict prevention, preventing from the root, detecting early, handling from the beginning, not letting small violations accumulate into major ones.In photo: National conference on anti-corruption work (June 2018). Photo: VOV

On June 17, 2018, meeting with voters of Cau Giay district to report the results of the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said that almost every voter meeting had opinions on the issue of preventing and combating corruption.

According to the General Secretary, the new point of the draft Law on Anti-Corruption (amended) this time is to expand the scope of regulation to the non-state sector, to the private sector. Regarding the content of asset declaration, the General Secretary affirmed that this has been done for a long time. The issue is whether the declaration is correct, accurate, honest, public..., and at the same time, he hopes that voters will continue to give their opinions on the draft law.In photo: General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong takes a photo with voters' representatives of Cau Giay district (June 2018). Photo: VOV

Speaking at the National Conference on continuing to promote the building and implementation of the Grassroots Democracy Charter (July 2018), General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stated: "For a long time, many places have been saying that they are implementing democracy, but in reality, the heads of agencies and units there still borrow the name or represent the collective to legitimize their own subjective decisions and wills."Photo: VOV

On the morning of August 16, in Hanoi, the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption held its 14th meeting under the chairmanship of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Head of the Steering Committee. Speaking here, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong shared that the social mood is worried, wishing to maintain and promote anti-corruption work, this is a long-term arduous battle, requiring more drastic and effective action. There are still many "petty" corruption and harassment situations, in the immediate future it is necessary to well implement the 2018 work program, prepare the 2019 program, with the spirit of continuous and long-term work, but must know what we are doing, what to do first, what to do later, methodically and seriously.Photo: VOV