Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn PhúTrọng chairs a meeting of the standing board of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption in Hà Nội on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng

HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary, President Nguyễn Phú Trọng urged relevant agencies to complete dealing with serious corruption cases on schedule, while addressing a meeting of the standing board of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption in Hà Nội on Monday.

Participants listened to a report on the outcomes cases under the committee’s supervision since the anti-corruption body’s 15th session in January this year. They also discussed and gave directions on the best ways to deal with several complex cases.

Speaking at the event, the leader, who is also head of the committee, said since the 15th session, central and local agencies have strived to speed up the investigation, prosecution and trying of the cases under the committee’s supervision.

He noted that probes into many allegations have been expanded and many more suspects investigated, clarifying their corrupt practices to handle them in line with the law.

Relevant agencies have finished dealing with 13 cases and 24 incidents, launched probes into 10 new cases and resumed seven other investigations.

They have also completed enquiries into 21 cases involving 127 people, prosecuted 18 cases involving 98 people, opened first-instance trials on 12 cases with 41 defendants, and held appeal trials on 13 cases with 156 defendants.

They have also seized suspected assets, blocked accounts and prevented transactions worth more than VNĐ10 trillion (US$432.3 million).

Trọng said authorities have handled some serious and complicated cases that stirred up public concern such as the abuse of position and power to appropriate assets at the Việt Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin), the trading in fake medicine at the VN Pharma JSC, and the deliberate violation of the State’s regulations causing serious consequences at the Việt Nam Social Security.

The leader attributed those outcomes to the great resolve, high consensus and close co-ordination among the central steering committee and relevant agencies.

The settlement of the big cases has continued to assert the Party and State’s determination fighting corruption, which must be carried out in a resolute, persistent and continuous manner and spare no guilty party, he stressed.

The leader asked Party committees and organisations to further direct relevant agencies to push ahead with investigating, prosecuting and trying corruption cases on schedule.

From now to the end of this year, they have to finish probing into six cases, prosecute five cases, open first-instance trials on 11 cases, hold appeal trials on two others, and complete the verification of 17 incidents, he added. — VNS