VietNamNet Bridge - Director of the Hanoi Department of Home Affairs - Tran Huy Sang, affirmed that by January 4, the city did not find any case of giving or taking bribes to get a post of public servant in Hanoi.

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Director of the Hanoi Department of Home Affairs - Tran Huy Sang


Talking to the press on January 21, Sang said after the Hanoi leaders decided to set up inspection to verify information on corruption related to the recruitment of public servants, he directly met with the Head of the Hanoi Party Committee’s chief inspector--Tran Trong Duc. Duc said the rumors of giving bribes of VND100 million ($5,000) to become a public servant came from the districts of Thanh Tri, Ha Dong and Ung Hoa.

After the media mentioned a number of violation cases associated with public servant recruitment in Ung Hoa District. The police identified 16 candidates in violation of the exam, related to 12 officials of the education department of the district.

According Sang, the verification of three inspection teams in the above districts showed that, by January 4, no bribe cases related to public servant recruitment was detected. Even the violation in Ung Hoa District was not “bribe.” The district police claimed that some people took advantage of their relations to ask for favor, not giving bribes to officials. Sang said the "information on VND100 million bribes for becoming a public servant in Hanoi is only rumor."

Asking Sang that why violations related to public servant recruitment in Ung Hoa district were detected but the head of the home affair department of the district was appointed as a commune chair, he said the transfer had been arranged before the violation was detected. However, if he made mistakes before the transfer, he will be punished under the law.

Sang also said that the inspection teams found some error-prone steps in the civil servant recruitment exams.

At the Hanoi People’s Council meeting in December 2012, the Hanoi Party Committee’s Chief Inspector--Tran Trong Duc, said to become a public servant in Hanoi, some had to pay VND100 million. He also said that the quality of these exams is problematic and the exam papers of some contestants are 100 percent precise to the answers.

Compiled by Tran Cham