Hà Nội Party Committee Secretary Vương Đình Huệ speaks at the conference. —VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The Party Committee of Hà Nội on Wednesday convened a conference, chaired by Secretary Vương Đình Huệ, to review its anti-corruption operations, home affairs, and judicial reform work in 2020 and map out plans for 2021.

Addressing the conference, Huệ highlighted what the capital has achieved in anti-corruption operations and inspection and supervision work by Party committees and organisations at different levels, and how corruption cases have been prosecuted and brought to trial.

The city has taken drastic action to fight corruption so it does not affect the local business climate and socio-economic development, he said, noting that it has seen considerable economic growth and a 3.9-fold increase in foreign direct investment since 2016. 

Reporting on results of anti-corruption operations in Hà Nội between 2013 and 2020, head of the municipal Party Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Nguyễn Quang Đức said the city has issued two anti-corruption programmes and established a steering committee for anti-corruption, chaired by the municipal Party Secretary.

The capital has also strengthened inspection and supervision at local Party committees and organisations and paid more attention to settling complaints and denunciations, Đức said, adding that from more than 2,480 inspections, the city has detected violations and proposed reclaiming a total of VNĐ2.45 trillion (US$105.5 million) and 1,055ha of land from corruption cases. 

A total of 838 people in 259 cases have been brought to court on corruption-related charges and some VNĐ9.66 trillion worth of assets have been recovered, he said. — VNS