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VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce an analysis by Jairo Acuna-Alfaro, Policy Advisor, Public Administration Reform and Anti-corruption, UNDP Vietnam, which reviews Vietnam's efforts to combat corruption in 2012 and suggests solutions for 2013.

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One of the weaknesses of the current Land Law of Vietnam is that the state has the right to revoke land for private projects, not only projects related to the national interest as the 1992 Constitution requires, said an UNDP expert.