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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) presents the First Class Victory Medal to Minister of Public Security To Lam. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS
Vietnam’s Phuc praises security ministry for anti-corruption work
Thu, 31 December 2020
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has spoken highly of the Ministry of Public Security’s contributions to the fight against corruption of the whole country.
Addressing the conference to review corruption prevention and control work of the ministry on December 30, Phuc said the security force had played a key role in fighting against and investigating corruption cases.
According to Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant-General Le Quy Vuong, since 2013 when the ministry’s steering committee on anti-corruption, thrift practice and combating wastefulness was established, the ministry has prosecuted 1,856 corruption cases and 4,072 offenders, retrieving nearly 19.5 trillion dong ($846 million) and more than