Vietnam

Corruption from the Perspective of Citizens, Firms, and Public Officials' Results of Sociological Surveys seeks to bring empirical evidence to bear on the nature, causes... Show More + and consequences of corruption in Vietnam, to identify factors that constrain the effectiveness of anticorruption work, and to inform the development of the anticorruption efforts of the government in the coming years. The present study complements other surveys and brings important new dimensions to our understanding of corruption, including the perspective of public officials, a more detailed understanding of how corruption works, evidence on the anticorruption policies and institutions that seem to be working and not working, the reforms that are more likely to meet resistance from within the bureaucracy, and those for which public officials are likely to lend their support. The surveys show that corruption remains a serious problem in Vietnam. At the same time, the surveys do suggest some glimmers of hope. Many firms, citizens and officials are ready to help in the fight against corruption. Show Less -

The objective of the Project Preparation Technical Assistance (TA) Facility Project for Vietnam is to increase the capacity of Government entities to plan and prepare... Show More + public investments efficiently and to international quality standards. The project operations manual to include project-wide procedures for identifying, reporting and tackling collusion, corruption and fraud. Responsibilities at each unit/level are to be clearly defined and are to reflect the required oversight necessary for mitigating the risk of collusion, corruption and fraud. In addition the World Bank anti-corruption guidelines have been explained to attendees at the PPTAF organized training courses, particularly in relation to procurement issues. The contract documents, including terms of reference, prepared by Project Completion Unit (PCU) are comprehensive and have been professionally prepared. PCU, and their staff, are complying with the contract conditions. The key consultant's roles have been selected using a competitive evaluation process. Show Less -