Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long cleared up questions regarding asset recovery in corruption cases, at a Q&A session in Hanoi on March 20 as part of the 21st meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.
Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Chief Justice of the SupremePeople’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh and Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long cleared upquestions regarding asset recovery in corruption cases, at a Q&A session in Hanoi on March 20 aspart of the 21st meeting of the National Assembly (NA) StandingCommittee.
Binh admitted that the work has yet to be done strictlyalthough 40% of the assets were recovered over the past decade.
The roadblock lies with the process to prove thatthe assets are acquired from corruption cases, he said, stressing the need toraise the efficiency of investigations and quickly seal off the assets to speedup the work.
For his part, Long reported that as from October2022, competent forces recovered 17 trillion VND (720.87 million USD), up nearly12 trillion VND year-on-year.
He, however, pointed to a host of obstacles such asthe assets in major corruption cases scattered in different localitiesnationwide, and the time needed to trace asset origin.
The judicial sector will work to better implementDirective No. 04-CT/TW issued by theParty Central Committee’s Secretariat on June 2, 2021 on enhancing the Partyleadership over the recovery of assets stolen and lost in corruption and economiccases, while following instructions by the Central Steering Committee onPrevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena, he said.
He called on people-elected agencies, thelegislature and its deputies to enhance their supervisions to prevent assetconcealment.
According to a report by the Supreme People’s Court,12,244 corruption and economic cases were handled between 2018 and 2022, with25,144 individuals involved. /.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
