VietNamNet Bridge – Though anti-corruption activities in Vietnam have made positive moves recently, the vice chief government inspector admits that corruption is still serious and one of threats to the regime’s existence.


Vice chief government inspector Tran Duc Luong.
Speaking at the finale of the anti-corruption initiative 2011 program in Hanoi on August 16, vice chief inspector of the Government Inspectorate, Tran Duc Luong said that corruption in some fields has been restrained but corruption is still a big problem and a great concern of society and one of threats to the regime’s existence.

Luong said that the success of anti-corruption needs the efforts of state agencies and the active participation and support of the entire society.

He said that the Vietnam anti-corruption initiative 2011 is a program to raise people’s awareness of the law on anti-corruption, anti-corruption in community and bring into play the responsibility of people in anti-corruption task.

Of 160 submissions, 60 anti-corruption initiatives enter the finale. The winners will be announced today, August 17.

Pictures on anti-corruption initiatives:

Each initiative that enters the finale is displayed in a stall.





The jury listened to authors from the Central Pediatrics Hospital presented their initiative.





The Hanoi Business Association’s initiative is building a set of standard photos called Atlat,
as the basis for imposing traffic law violators.





The Women’s Union of Ha Nam province’s pictures to propaganda for project
“Raising disadvantaged women’s knowledge.”





According to lecturers and students of the Tay Bac University, corruption is caused by
monopoly, discretion, and lack of accountability.





The tools to fight corruption are the combination between transparency of people’s
 complaints, transparency of budget and procurement.





The results of the project to raise the approach of poor people to soft capital at the
Bank for Social Policy in Son La province.






A cartoon on corruption of authors of the project to raise awareness of public
integrity, responsibility, transparency and anti-corruption for ethnic minority students.





A photo magazine on anti-corruption of ethnic minority students.





Mouse’s wedding, drawn by students of a boarding school for ethnic minority students.





In their thought, corruption is the mouse and the mouse’s lifespan depends on the cat.

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