The meeting discussed and gave opinions on 3 contents: Report on the situation and results of the implementation of the Work Program in the first 6 months of 2024 and key tasks in the last 6 months of 2024; Report on the results of directing and handling cases and cases under the supervision and direction of the Steering Committee since the 25th meeting of the Steering Committee up to now; Report on the results of the activities of the Steering Committee for anti-corruption and negativity at the provincial level in the first 6 months of 2024.

Handling many unprecedented cases

At the meeting, through discussion, the Steering Committee agreed that from the beginning of 2024 until now, despite facing many difficulties and challenges, due to unprecedented arising issues, under the leadership and direction of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Head of the Steering Committee and the high solidarity and unity of the entire Party, people and army, together with the efforts, attempts, close, smooth and effective coordination of functional agencies, the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity continues to be strongly promoted, contributing significantly to the work of Party building and rectification, maintaining political stability, promoting socio-economic development, strengthening and consolidating people's trust.

Notably: Many Party regulations and State laws have been amended, supplemented, and newly issued, directly serving the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity. The Politburo and the Secretariat have issued more than 30 important documents on Party building and rectification, the political system, and preventing and combating corruption and negativity. The National Assembly has passed 13 laws, issued 3 resolutions, and considered and commented on 10 draft laws, including many laws directly related to the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity. The Government and the Prime Minister have issued 98 decrees and 207 decisions; ministries and branches have issued more than 300 circulars; In particular, the National Assembly and the Government have directed the review and overcoming of loopholes, inadequacies, contradictions, overlaps, and obstacles in many legal documents on socio-economic management and the prevention and fight against corruption and negativity, contributing to the creation of a synchronous, strict, unified, and feasible legal system, limiting conditions that are easily exploited for corruption and negativity.

Inspection, supervision, audit and auditing work continues to be strengthened; violations are strictly handled, combined with handling the political responsibility of leaders, creating a new breakthrough in the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity. In the first 6 months of 2024, Party committees and inspection committees at all levels disciplined 308 Party organizations and 11,005 Party members (an increase of 34 Party organizations and 1,055 Party members compared to the same period in 2023). The Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Central Inspection Commission disciplined 47 officials under the Central management.

The Inspection and Audit sector focuses on inspecting and auditing areas and areas prone to corruption and negativity, and topics and cases under the direction of the Steering Committee; through inspection and audit, it has recommended the recovery and financial handling of VND 71,431.6 billion and 24.9 hectares of land; recommended administrative handling of 856 collectives and 3,862 individuals (an increase of 72 collectives and 950 individuals compared to the same period in 2023).

The coordination mechanism in detecting and handling corruption and negativity through inspection, audit, investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments continued to be promoted; the competent authorities transferred 269 cases with signs of crime to the investigation agency for investigation and handling in accordance with the provisions of law. The State Audit Office provided 89 records, audit reports and related documents to competent authorities to serve the investigation, inspection and supervision work.

Since the beginning of the year, competent authorities have considered removing from office, suspending work, and assigning other work to 14 officials under the management of the Central Committee and 172 officials under the management of local Party committees, regarding the responsibility of leaders or related to corruption and negative cases; including 5 Politburo members, 1 member of the Secretariat, and 4 members of the Party Central Committee.

Investigation, prosecution and trial work has been directed to be carried out strongly and resolutely. Many particularly serious corruption and negative cases, involving many ministries, branches and localities, have been directed to be strictly handled in accordance with the motto "handling one case, warning an entire region, an entire field", "no forbidden areas, no exceptions". In the first 6 months of 2024, nationwide, 2,836 new cases/5,975 defendants were prosecuted and investigated for corruption, economic and position crimes (an increase of 841 cases, 1,487 defendants compared to the same period in 2023). Particularly, the cases and incidents under the supervision and direction of the Steering Committee have completed investigation, prosecution, and brought to first instance trial 8 cases/212 defendants, and 6 cases/39 defendants to appeal trial...

The provincial Steering Committees for Anti-Corruption and Negative Activities have been operating in an increasingly orderly and effective manner, creating many positive changes in the work of preventing and combating corruption and negative activities at the local level. In the first 6 months of 2024, the provincial Steering Committees decided to put 107 corruption and negative cases under monitoring and direction for focused direction and handling; local prosecution agencies initiated 444 new cases/1,003 defendants for corruption. Many localities have discovered and strictly handled many corruption cases that occurred many years ago; prosecuted officials under the management of the provincial and municipal Party Committees, and leaders at the department and district levels of the localities, typically: Ha Giang, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Thai Binh, Gia Lai, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Thuan, An Giang, Bac Ninh, Binh Dinh, Nghe An...

The authorities have strictly implemented measures to control power, prevent corruption and negativity in inspection, supervision, auditing, investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments. In the first 6 months of 2024, more than 150 cases of corruption and negativity were detected and handled, of which more than 50 cases were criminally prosecuted.

The work of recovering corrupt assets; appraising and valuing assets continues to receive attention and direction, with many positive changes. The prosecution agencies have proactively applied many measures to verify, track down and recover misappropriated and lost assets. Particularly for cases and incidents under the supervision and direction of the Steering Committee in the first 6 months of 2024, civil enforcement agencies have recovered nearly 7,750 billion VND, bringing the total amount recovered since the establishment of the Steering Committee to 85,520 billion VND.

Information and propaganda work on preventing and combating corruption and negativity continues to be promoted. Media and press agencies have actively and extensively promoted the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity; in particular, they have strongly promoted the example of revolutionary morality, simple, pure, honest lifestyle, dedicated, scientific, in-depth, and drastic working style, and the thoughts and guiding viewpoints of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity. At the same time, it affirms the determination, continuity, incessant, unceasing, resolute, and persistent fight against corruption and negativity of General Secretary and President To Lam, creating a widespread spread in society, strengthening people's trust in the determination to fight corruption and negativity of the Party and State.

Prosecute one case, warn the whole region, the whole field

Concluding the meeting, General Secretary and President To Lam, Head of the Steering Committee, commended the internal affairs, inspection, auditing, police, military, prosecutors, courts, and judiciary agencies for their efforts, close coordination, timely direction, and removal of difficulties and obstacles to speed up the investigation and handling of cases, and the discovery of many unprecedented cases. Proactively identifying and defining key areas, initiating new prosecutions, expanding investigations to clarify the nature of corruption, appropriation, collusion, and group interests, resolutely handling violations, long-standing cases, and newly arising cases involving many sectors and localities. The cases were handled with strict but also very humane sentences, resolutely handling political responsibilities, leaders who let corruption and negativity occur in the fields, localities, and agencies assigned to manage, be in charge of, and violate exemplary responsibilities, and things that Party members are not allowed to do.

In the last months of 2024 and the coming time, General Secretary and President To Lam requested that Party committees, Party organizations, and functional agencies absolutely must not be subjective or satisfied with the achieved results, but must continue to strongly and synchronously deploy solutions; resolutely and persistently fight against corruption and negativity according to the motto "non-stop, without rest, no forbidden areas, no exceptions, no matter who the person is; prosecute one case, alert the whole region, the whole field".

The General Secretary and President emphasized that preventing and combating corruption and negativity must serve socio-economic development, and not affect or hinder socio-economic development because of promoting this work. From now until the end of 2024 and in the coming years, the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity must be associated with the good organization of party congresses at all levels and the 14th National Party Congress, not allowing corruption, negativity, ideological, political, moral, lifestyle degradation, violations of Party discipline, and violations of the law to enter the Party Committee. The work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity must meet the requirements of serving socio-economic development well, accelerating the goal set by the 13th National Party Congress. Accelerate the progress of building and perfecting the synchronous institutions for preventing and combating corruption and negativity, remove bottlenecks and obstacles, avoid the situation of "cadres not daring to do, not being allowed to do and not being able to do" and maintain stability for national development, not hindering development but achieving the dual goal. Improve the effectiveness of measures to prevent corruption and negativity, further improve propaganda, education, and culture building, integrity, and non-corruption and negativity; effectively implement political regulations, revolutionary ethical standards, cadres and party members in the new period; strengthen control, exercise power, strictly and promptly handle corruption and negativity violations in agencies with the function of preventing and combating corruption and negativity; strengthen and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of supervision of elected bodies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, the press and the people in the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity.

Emphasizing that the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity must be deployed to the grassroots party and party cells, and must be supervised by cadres, party members and the people. General Secretary and President To Lam suggested that the Party's policies and work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity must be included in the regular activities of party cells and thoroughly communicated to each party member; continue to direct the further improvement of the effectiveness of the provincial Steering Committee for preventing and combating corruption and negativity, and promote the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity at the local and grassroots levels.

Paying special attention to the work of preventing and combating negativity, especially negative manifestations that are the origin and cause of corruption, General Secretary and President To Lam pointed out that the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity, in which negativity leads to corruption, hinders development. As the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said, degradation in ideology, politics, morality, and lifestyle leads to corruption and negativity.

The General Secretary and President requested to focus on leading and directing the effective implementation of tasks according to the 2024 Work Program of the Steering Committee and the conclusions of the meetings of the Steering Committee and the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee, focusing on the following main tasks: First, focus on directing the resolute handling of weak points and unfinished work, especially directing the resolute handling of limitations, difficulties and obstacles in the work of appraisal, asset valuation, document provision, judicial assistance, arrest and extradition of fugitives; difficulties and obstacles in recovering corrupt assets, and have strong solutions to overcome the situation of "petty corruption" causing trouble for people and businesses. Speed ​​up the verification and investigation of serious and complicated corruption and negativity that the public is interested in. Strive from now until the end of 2024 to focus on completing the investigation, prosecution and trial of 30 cases; Complete verification and resolve 6 cases under the supervision and direction of the Steering Committee. Especially focus on investigating and thoroughly handling cases and incidents related to AIC Company, Xuyen Viet Oil, Vietnam Electricity Group, Thuan An Group, Phuc Son, Van Thinh Phat, Saigon Dai Ninh project (Lam Dong),... and cases and incidents related to party congress personnel at all levels.

Second, direct the continued promotion of the development and synchronous completion of institutions to prevent and combat corruption and negativity. The focus is on completing institutions on power control, prevention and combat of corruption and negativity; on protecting those fighting against corruption and negativity; on controlling assets and income of people with positions and powers; on handling evidence and assets temporarily seized, seized, or frozen during the investigation, prosecution, and trial of cases and incidents; on non-cash payments... Urgently overcome loopholes and inadequacies in mechanisms, policies, and laws according to recommendations from competent agencies.

Third, direct the strengthening, synchronization, and effectiveness of inspection, supervision, auditing, and auditing, focusing on areas prone to corruption and negativity, and on topics and cases as directed by the Steering Committee. In particular, focus on inspecting and thoroughly handling violations by party organizations and party members related to cases and incidents occurring at Phuc Son Group, Thuan An Group, AIC Company, etc.

Fourth, continue to direct the improvement of the effectiveness of information, propaganda and education work on preventing and combating corruption and negativity, persistently building a culture of integrity, non-corruption and non-negativity among cadres, party members and people. Strongly promote the role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, the press and people in the fight against corruption and negativity.

Fifth, continue to direct the improvement of the effectiveness of the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption and Negative Activities; effectively overcome the situation of "petty corruption", creating a stronger change in the work of preventing and combating corruption and negative activities at the local level. Strengthen control over the exercise of power, strictly and promptly handle violations, corruption and negative activities in agencies with the function of preventing and combating corruption and negative activities.

Also at this meeting, the Steering Committee agreed to end the direction of handling 7 cases, 5 cases under the supervision and direction of the Steering Committee and 11 cases under the supervision of the Central Internal Affairs Committee because the settlement has been completed according to legal regulations.