Vietnam's Finance Ministry has allowed anti-corruption steering committees of cities and provinces nationwide to use state money to buy information which help them battle corruption, according to local newspaper Investment on Monday.
According to the ministry's recent circular, the committees canspend up to 10 million Vietnamese dong (625 U.S. dollars) on buying a piece of information. For more expensive news, the committees' directors have the right to consider and approve the purchase.
Also under the circular, some members of the committees, assigned with special anti-corruption tasks, will be equipped with telephones.
Vietnam last year discovered 584 cases of corruption with involvement of nearly 1,300 people, which caused total losses of over 865 billion VND (roughly 54.1 million dollars), local newspaper Pioneer on Feb. 13 quoted the country's Central Anti-Corruption Steering Committee as reporting.
Most of the cases were detected through denouncements, inspection, auditing, and information provided by press agencies and people, while officials of some local party committees and organizations have not been fully aware of corruption prevention and fight.
According to the ministry's recent circular, the committees canspend up to 10 million Vietnamese dong (625 U.S. dollars) on buying a piece of information. For more expensive news, the committees' directors have the right to consider and approve the purchase.
Also under the circular, some members of the committees, assigned with special anti-corruption tasks, will be equipped with telephones.
Vietnam last year discovered 584 cases of corruption with involvement of nearly 1,300 people, which caused total losses of over 865 billion VND (roughly 54.1 million dollars), local newspaper Pioneer on Feb. 13 quoted the country's Central Anti-Corruption Steering Committee as reporting.
Most of the cases were detected through denouncements, inspection, auditing, and information provided by press agencies and people, while officials of some local party committees and organizations have not been fully aware of corruption prevention and fight.
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