Circular No. 02/2012/TT-TTCP detailing and guiding the authority and content of inspecting the responsibility for implementing laws on preventing and combating corruption

CIRCULAR

Article 24Article 1. To provide detailed regulations and guide the authority, content of inspecting the responsibility for implementing legal provisions

on preventing and combating corruption

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Pursuant to the Inspection Law No. 56/2010/QH12;

Pursuant to the Law on Prevention and Combating Corruption No. 55/2005/QH12;

Pursuant to Decree No. 120/2006/NĐ-CP dated October 20, 2006 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain articles of the Law on Prevention and Combating Corruption;

Pursuant to Decree No. 86/2011/NĐ-CP dated September 22, 2011 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Inspection Law;

Pursuant to Decree No. 36/2012/NĐ-CP dated April 18, 2012 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of Ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

The Government Inspectorate provides detailed regulations and guides the authority, content of inspecting the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption as follows:

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

1. This Circular details and guides the authority, content of inspecting the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption for agencies, organizations, units, and heads of agencies, organizations, and units under the administrative management of state administrative bodies at all levels.

2. The procedures and formalities for inspecting the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption shall be applied according to the provisions of Section 1 Chapter III of Decree No. 86/2011/NĐ-CP dated September 22, 2011 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain articles of the Inspection Law and other relevant laws on inspection.

Article 2. Applicability

This Circular applies to the following entities:

1. Heads of state administrative bodies, Heads of state inspection bodies, Leaders of inspection teams, and members of inspection teams of state administrative bodies when inspecting the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption for agencies, organizations, units, individuals, and heads of agencies, organizations, and units;

2. Agencies, organizations, units, individuals related to the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption.

Article 3. Responsibilities of the Head of State Administrative Bodyớspecialized agency under the People's Committee of the province/city.

Within the scope of their duties and powers, the Head of a state administrative body is responsible for organizing, directing, guiding, supervising, urging the inspection of the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption; resolving difficulties and obstacles, promptly addressing recommendations from the inspection team; concluding and organizing the implementation of inspection conclusions in accordance with the law.

Chapter II

INSPECTION AUTHORITY FOR RESPONSIBILITY

Article 4. Principles for Determining Inspection Authority

State inspection bodies with inspection authority shall inspect the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption for agencies, organizations, units, individuals, and heads of specialized agencies under the administrative management of state administrative bodies at the same level and lower-level state administrative bodies and their heads.

Article 5. Authority of the Government Inspectorate

1. The Government Inspectorate shall inspect the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption for ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government (collectively referred to as "ministries"), provincial people's committees, centrally governed cities (collectively referred to as "provincial people's committees"); state-owned enterprises established by the Prime Minister's decision.

2. During the process of inspecting the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption for ministries, provincial people's committees, and state-owned enterprises established by the Prime Minister's decision, the inspection team of the Government Inspectorate has the right to examine and verify the implementation of legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption for related agencies, organizations, units, and individuals as follows:

a) Offices of ministries, general departments, departments, bureaus, units directly under ministries, state-owned enterprises established by the Minister, Deputy Minister, or head of a ministry-level agency (collectively referred to as "Minister") and other agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of ministries;

b) Offices of provincial people's committees, specialized agencies of provincial people's committees (collectively referred to as "departments"), district, county, town, city-level people's committees (collectively referred to as "district-level people's committees"), state-owned enterprises established by the Chairman of the provincial people's committee's decision and other agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of provincial people's committees;

c) Offices, departments, divisions... business units of state-owned enterprises established by the Prime Minister's decision and other organizations, units, and individuals under the management of that enterprise.

Article 6. Authority of the Ministry Inspectorate

1. The Ministry Inspectorate, equivalent ministry (collectively referred to as the Ministry Inspectorate), shall inspect the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against: agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the ministry; state-owned enterprises established by the Minister's decision.

2. During the inspection process, the inspection team of the Ministry Inspectorate has the right to examine and verify the implementation of legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the ministry and state-owned enterprises established by the Minister's decision, as follows:

a) The office, general departments, departments, bureaus, and other units directly subordinate to the ministry, and other agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the ministry;

b) The office, departments, and business units of state-owned enterprises established by the Minister's decision, and other organizations, units, and individuals under the management of such enterprises.

Article 7. Authority of the Provincial Inspectorate

1. The provincial inspectorate, municipal inspectorate under the central government (collectively referred to as the provincial inspectorate), shall inspect the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against: specialized agencies under the provincial People's Committee (collectively referred to as the department level); district-level People's Committees, county-level People's Committees, town-level People's Committees, and provincial-level city People's Committees (collectively referred to as the district-level People's Committee); state-owned enterprises established by the Chairman of the district-level People's Committee's decision.

2. During the inspection process, the inspection team of the provincial inspectorate has the right to examine and verify the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the department level, district-level People's Committee, and state-owned enterprises established by the Chairman of the district-level People's Committee's decision, as follows:

a) The office, departments, business units directly subordinate to the department level, and other agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the department level;

b) The office of the district-level People's Committee, specialized departments directly subordinate to the district-level People's Committee, commune-level People's Committees, ward-level People's Committees, and town-level People's Committees (collectively referred to as the commune-level People's Committee), and other agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the district-level People's Committee;

c) The office, business departments, and units of state-owned enterprises established by the Chairman of the district-level People's Committee's decision, and other organizations, units, and individuals under the management of such enterprises.

Article 8. Authority of the Inspectorate (i) Name, headquarters address, contact phone number of the parties signing the contract;

The inspectorates of specialized agencies of the provincial People's Committee (collectively referred to as the department inspectorate) shall inspect the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the direct management of the department.

Article 9. Authority of the District Inspectorate

1. The district inspectorate, county inspectorate, town inspectorate, and provincial-level city inspectorate (collectively referred to as the district inspectorate) shall inspect the responsibility for implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee and commune-level People's Committees.

2. During the inspection process, the inspection team of the district inspectorate has the right to examine and verify the implementation of legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption against agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the district-level People's Committee, as follows:

a) The office, specialized departments directly subordinate to the district-level People's Committee, and other agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under the management of the district-level People's Committee;

b) The office, specialized departments directly subordinate to the commune-level People's Committee, and other units and individuals under the management of the commune-level People's Committee.

Article 10. Competence to review and verify with respect to subject, organization, unit under the People's Committee of the commune level agencies, organizations, units, and other individuals

1. During the process of inspecting the responsibility for implementing laws on preventing and combating corruption, based on the requirements of the inspection, in addition to the agencies, organizations, units, and individuals subject to review and verification as stipulated in Clause 2 of Articles 5, 6, 7, and 9 of this Circular, the inspection teams of state inspection agencies have the right to review and verify with respect to other relevant agencies, organizations, units, and individuals to clarify the contents that need to be inspected.

2. Agencies, organizations, units, and individuals related to the contents that need to be inspected shall have the responsibility to work and provide information and documents according to the requirements of the inspection team responsible for implementing laws on preventing and combating corruption.

Chapter III

CONTENT OF RESPONSIBILITY INSPECTION

Article 11. Principles for determining the scope of inspection

1. Based on the requirements of state management work and the inspection plan for implementing laws on preventing and combating corruption, the competent authority has the right to inspect all or some of the contents specified in Article 31 of Decree No. 120/2006/NĐ-CP dated October 20, 2006 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Law on Preventing and Combating Corruption.

2. In addition to the guidance provided in the articles (from Article 12 to Article 25 of this Circular), in cases where inspections involve the transparency of other activities, the inspection agency with the authority shall base its examination and assessment on the provisions of the Law on Preventing and Combating Corruption regarding transparency and the provisions of specialized laws concerning that field, while applying the provisions of this Circular to determine the scope of inspection for the transparency of such activity appropriately.

PART 1

INSPECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS ON

 PREVENTING CORRUPTION

Article 12. Inspecting the establishment and implementation of programs and plans to prevent and combat corruption

1. Review and assess the establishment of annual anti-corruption program and plan, the procedures for establishing the plan, the timing, basis for establishing the plan, the content of the plan, and the guidance and direction for establishing the program and plan for agencies and organizations.

2. Review and assess the organization and implementation of the anti-corruption program and plan, including: methods and means of disseminating and implementing the plan; directives, guidance, inspections, and supervision of the implementation of the program and plan.

Article 13. Inspecting the dissemination and popularization of the Party's policies and State laws on preventing and combating corruption

1. Review and assess the establishment of dissemination programs and plans and the implementation of the dissemination and popularization of the Party's policies and State laws on preventing and combating corruption; examine the organizations, units, and individuals who have implemented compared to the regulations; examine cooperation with relevant agencies, building a network of spokespersons within the unit to serve the dissemination and popularization of laws on preventing and combating corruption and the results of measures already implemented.

2. Examine the content, form, location, time, target audience of the dissemination and evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of the dissemination specific to each unit's organizational structure and activities; the quality and results achieved through dissemination.

Article 14. Inspection of the public disclosure and transparency of financial and state budget activities

1. The forms of public disclosure and transparency to be applied for each content in accordance with the regulations.

2. The time points for public disclosure to be implemented for each content in accordance with the regulations.

3. Contents that need to be reviewed for public disclosure and transparency:

a) For budgetary units: Publicly disclose the bases and principles of allocation; publicly disclose the budget and final account figures;

b) For direct budgetary units using funds: Publicly disclose the sources of contributions from organizations and individuals raised and their effectiveness; publicly disclose the budget figures for purchasing equipment and working tools; publicly disclose major repair costs for fixed assets, conference expenses, and other expenditure items;

c) For organizations supported by the state budget: Publicly disclose the budget and final account figures; publicly disclose the contributions and usage by organizations and individuals (if applicable); publicly disclose the basis for determining the level of support and the amount of state support;

d) For funds sourced from the state budget: Publicly disclose the operational rules and financial mechanisms of the fund; publicly disclose the annual financial plans, detailing revenues and expenditures related to the state budget according to the authority's regulations; publicly disclose the results of fund operations; publicly disclose the annual final accounts approved by the competent authority;

đ) Publicly disclose the allocation and use of the state budget and assets for projects and target programs.

Article 15. Inspection of the public disclosure and transparency in public procurement, construction and project management subject, organization, unit under the People's Committee of the commune level a) In public procurement: Publicly disclose the budget, investment procurement plan, and state asset acquisition; publicly disclose the tendering plan, invitation for prequalification and prequalification results, invitation for tender; publicly disclose the list of contractors participating in restricted tendering, publicly disclose the shortlist of contractors participating in restricted tendering, selection results; publicly disclose the acceptance of aid, gifts, and transfers, liquidation, sale, transfer, and state asset acquisition;

1. The forms of public disclosure and transparency to be applied for each content in accordance with the regulations.

2. The time points for public disclosure to be implemented for each content in accordance with the regulations.

3. Contents that need to be reviewed for public disclosure and transparency:

b) In basic construction: Publicly disclose the capital allocation in the annual state budget estimate for projects; publicly disclose the project investment capital level assigned in the annual state budget; publicly disclose the tendering plan, invitation for prequalification and prequalification results, invitation for tender; publicly disclose the list of contractors participating in restricted tendering, publicly disclose the shortlist of contractors participating in restricted tendering, selection results; publicly disclose the annual final account of project investment capital; publicly disclose the approval of the final account of completed project investment capital;

c) In project management: Solicit local people’s opinions on investment construction planning projects; the People's Council's examination and decision-making on construction investment projects funded by the local budget; publicly disclose the implementation of investment construction projects after being decided and approved for people to supervise.

Article 16. Inspection of the public disclosure and transparency in the mobilization and use of contributions from the people

a) Publicly disclose the solicitation of people's opinions and decisions of the same-level People's Council on mobilizing contributions from the people for construction investment and establishing funds within the local area;

1. The forms of public disclosure and transparency to be applied for each content in accordance with the regulations.

2. The time points for public disclosure to be implemented for each content in accordance with the regulations.

3. Contents that need to be reviewed for public disclosure and transparency:

b) Publicly disclose the purpose of mobilization, contribution levels, usage, results of usage, and settlement reports;

c) Publicly disclose infrastructure facilities at communes, wards, and towns using contributions from the people: Publicly disclose contribution levels, usage, results of usage, and settlement reports; publicly disclose the budget for each project according to the approved investment plan; publicly disclose the investment capital for each project; publicly disclose the results of mobilization from specific subjects, mobilization period; publicly disclose the contractor selection results approved by the competent authority; publicly disclose the construction progress and acceptance results of quantity and quality of the project and project settlement.

c) Publicize infrastructure works at communes, wards, and towns utilizing contributions from the people: Publicize the contribution levels, usage, results of usage, and final settlement reports; publicize the budget estimate for each work according to the approved investment plan; publicize the investment capital source for each work; publicize the fundraising results from specific entities, the fundraising period; publicize the contractor selection results that have been approved by the competent authority; publicize the construction progress and the acceptance results of the quantity and quality of the work and the final settlement of the work.

Article 17. Inspection of transparency in land management and use

1. The forms of public disclosure and transparency to be applied for each content in accordance with the regulations.

2. The time points for public disclosure to be implemented for each content in accordance with the regulations.

3. Contents that need to be reviewed for public disclosure and transparency:

a) Transparency in legal provisions;

b) Transparency in procedures for reviewing and approving projects; bidding for projects and auctioning land to select investors in accordance with land laws and other state regulations;

c) Transparency in the process of land recovery, site clearance, and resettlement; transparency in the establishment and adjustment of planning and land use plans;

d) Transparency in issuing land use right certificates regarding: authority, procedure, formalities, and issuance of land use right certificates; transparency in detailed planning and allocation of residential plots, and the criteria for allocating land for housing;

đ) Transparency in land use planning and plans: Examination and evaluation of land management and use based on comparison with approved land use planning and plans; transparency in the results of managing land allocation, leasing, recovery, and change of land use purpose;

e) Transparency in other administrative procedures related to state management of land;

Article 18. Inspection of transparency in the activities of agencies, organizations, units, and individuals in handling matters

1. The forms of public disclosure and transparency to be applied for each content in accordance with the regulations.

2. The time points for public disclosure to be implemented for each content in accordance with the regulations.

3. Content of transparency for agencies, organizations, and individuals with management authority in the fields of real estate, construction, business registration, project approval, state budget capital allocation, credit, banking, import, export, exit, entry, household registration management, taxation, customs, insurance, and other agencies, organizations, and individuals directly handling matters of inspected agencies, organizations, units, and individuals must be examined and evaluated in terms of compliance and implementation of transparency regulations:

Transparency in administrative procedures for handling; transparency in processing deadlines; transparency in processing procedures; transparency in the results of handling matters by agencies, organizations, units, and individuals;

Article 19. Inspection of transparency in organizational and personnel work

1. The forms of public disclosure and transparency to be applied for each content in accordance with the regulations.

2. The time points for public disclosure to be implemented for each content in accordance with the regulations.

3. Contents that need to be reviewed for public disclosure and transparency:

a) Transparency in recruiting officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers to agencies, organizations, and units; transparency in the number, standards, recruitment methods, and recruitment results;

b) Transparency in planning, training, appointment, job classification changes, rotation, transfer, commendation, termination of employment, removal from position, dismissal, disciplinary action, retirement for officials, civil servants, public employees, and other workers;

Article 20. Inspection of the establishment and implementation of systems, norms, and standards

1. Examination of the establishment, issuance, and transparency of systems, norms, and standards for officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers of agencies, organizations, and units; examination of the basis for establishment and application time compared to regulations; examination of the content of regulations on systems, norms, and standards implemented by agencies, organizations, and units compared to state regulations;

2. Examination of guidance and implementation of regulations on systems and norms; examination of inspection, compliance, and correction of regulations not consistent with reality in implementing system, norm, and standard regulations (if any); examination of handling violations of system, norm, and standard regulations (if any).

Article 21. Inspection of the implementation of conduct rules and professional ethics

1. The establishment and dissemination of conduct rules and professional ethics within agencies, organizations, and units compared to the regulations.

2. The public disclosure of conduct rules and professional ethics for civil servants, public officials, and employees for the people's supervision over compliance with the regulations.

3. Compliance with the provisions on matters that civil servants, public officials, and employees are not allowed to do.

4. Inspection and handling of violations of conduct rules and professional ethics and matters that civil servants, public officials, and employees are not allowed to do.

Article 22. Inspection of job position transfer of civil servants and public officials

1. Reviewing the establishment of plans, publicizing plans, implementing principles, and prohibited actions in periodic job position transfers; reviewing the content and form of implementing periodic job position transfers; reviewing the subjects eligible for job position transfers; reviewing the periodic job position transfer deadlines; reviewing the issuance time and publicizing of transfer decisions.

Reviewing cases of violation of job position transfer regulations for civil servants, public officials, and public employees (if any): Reviewing cases where job position transfers are not carried out according to regulations; reviewing cases where job position transfers are not conducted within the specified categories of positions in various fields, industries, and professions requiring periodic transfers; reviewing reasons for not conducting periodic job position transfers.

2. Reviewing guidance, inspection, and urging agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under management to establish plans and implement job position transfers for civil servants, public officials, and public employees.

Article 23. Inspection of the Implementation of Regulations on Gift-Giving, Receiving Gifts, and Returning Gifts

1. Reviewing the dissemination, guidance, and direction on the implementation of gift-giving, receiving gifts, and returning gifts regulations for agencies, organizations, and units using state budget funds and for civil servants, public officials, and public employees compared to Decision No. 64/2007/QĐ-TTg dated May 10, 2007 of the Prime Minister.

2. Reviewing the implementation of gift-giving, receiving gifts, and returning gifts regulations by civil servants, public officials, and public employees compared to state regulations.

3. Reviewing the acceptance and use of gifts given by agencies, organizations, units, and individuals to agencies, organizations, and units and the use of public funds to give gifts compared to state regulations.

4. Reviewing the handling of violations related to gift-giving, receiving gifts, and returning gifts (if any).

Article 24. Inspection of the Implementation of Asset and Income Transparency

The content of inspecting the implementation of asset and income transparency regulations for civil servants, public officials, and public employees focuses on the following issues:

1. Organizing and implementing asset and income declaration regulations: Disseminating the purpose of asset and income declarations; compiling and announcing lists of persons required to declare; disseminating types of assets and incomes to be declared; implementing procedures and formalities for declaring assets and incomes; publicly disclosing asset and income declarations; managing and utilizing asset and income declarations.

2. Verifying assets and incomes (if necessary): Bases for verifying assets and incomes; implementing regulations on procedures and formalities for verifying assets and incomes, concluding on the transparency of asset and income declarations by declarants; managing and utilizing verification files on assets and incomes.

3. Handling violations of asset and income transparency regulations (if necessary) must be reviewed:

a) Administrative disciplinary measures against declarants who are not truthful in their declarations;

b) Responsibility handling for violators of regulations on organizing and implementing asset and income declarations; publicly disclosing asset and income declarations; verifying assets and incomes; concluding on the transparency of asset and income declarations; managing and utilizing files on asset and income transparency; implementing reporting systems on the results of asset and income transparency as prescribed.

Article 25. Inspection of the Implementation of Administrative Reform

1. Reviewing the implementation of reform and perfecting administrative procedures; reviewing the application of science and technological innovation in management and operation; reviewing decentralization to enhance autonomy and responsibility of agencies, organizations, units, and individuals; reviewing the determination of responsibilities for each position.

2. Examining and evaluating the situation and results of decentralization by higher-level administrative agencies and decentralization to lower-level administrative agencies; examining the division of tasks and authorities among state agencies compared to local management requirements.

3. Reviewing the implementation of new methods in payment to reduce cash transactions; actual effectiveness from implementing administrative procedure reform; reviewing technological innovation to serve professional work; reviewing beneficiaries from solutions and social benefits.

4. Examining and evaluating the implementation of established administrative procedures for each field compared to regulations; the implementation of the one-stop mechanism regulation.

5. Reviewing the implementation of administrative procedure reform compared to transparency and simplification requirements to prevent corruption, the specific number of administrative procedures eliminated, amended, supplemented, and reformed; evaluating some typical administrative procedures that have been reformed; determining the economic and social value brought about by administrative procedure reform.

PART 2

INSPECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS ON

DETECTION AND HANDLING OF CORRUPTION

Article 26. Inspection of the Handling of Reports and Resolution of Corruption Allegations

Examining the establishment and publicizing of forms for receiving reports on signs of corruption and allegations of corruption; examining the responsibility of organizations and individuals in receiving reports and the authority to handle corruption allegations; examining the procedures and processes for resolving corruption allegations; examining the responsibility of coordination among agencies, organizations, units, and individuals with authority in receiving and handling reports and resolving corruption allegations.

Article 27. Inspection of the Detection and Handling of Individuals Engaged in Corruption

1. Examining the detection of corruption by civil servants, public officials, and employees under direct management through management activities and the receipt and processing of reports on signs of corruption.

2. Examining the handling of individuals engaged in corruption by agencies, organizations, and units under management through inspection and investigation activities and resolution of corruption allegations: The number of cases and individuals involved in corruption that need to be handled and the results of handling each case; regarding the form and degree of handling compared to the level of violation; regarding the number of cases and individuals that need administrative disciplinary action or referral to criminal investigation authorities. Detailed results of handling include:

a) Administrative: The number of cases and individuals involved in corruption that need administrative disciplinary action;

b) Criminal: The number of cases and individuals involved in corruption that need referral to criminal investigation authorities for criminal responsibility;

c) Economic: The amount of money, assets, and land that must be recovered for the State, collective, organization, or individual; fines, compensation, and restitution of money and assets;

3. Examining and evaluating positive changes and limitations in detecting and handling corruption and their causes.

Article 28. Inspection of the implementation of recommendations and decisions on handling

1. Reviewing the implementation of recommendations and decisions on handling related to corruption and the implementation of inspection conclusions, examination, investigation, audit, judgments against agencies, organizations, units that have been processed by state functional agencies, it is necessary to review: The organization and implementation of conclusions, recommendations, and handling decisions; the results of implementing these conclusions, recommendations, and handling decisions.

2. Reviewing the monitoring, urging, inspection, and compliance with information reporting systems during the process of organizing the implementation of conclusions, recommendations, and handling decisions by competent agencies and organizations.

Article 29. Inspection of the exercise of authority to inspect and supervise the implementation of legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption

1. Reviewing the establishment and approval of annual inspection and supervision plans and the organization of their implementation regarding the implementation of legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption by agencies, organizations, units, and individuals under management.

2. Reviewing the issuance of inspection and supervision decisions (form, content, method of issuance); reviewing the conduct of inspections and supervisions (procedure, process, results) regularly or unexpectedly (if applicable) compared to the plan and management requirements.

Article 30. Inspection of compliance with information and reporting systems for anti-corruption work

1. Reviewing the implementation of regular, specialized, and sudden reporting systems on anti-corruption work through criteria such as form, quantity, time, content, and quality of information reports.

2. Reviewing the advantages, difficulties, and obstacles (if any) in implementing the information and reporting systems.

Article 31. Inspection of the handling of responsibility of heads of agencies, organizations, and units when cordevelopment ruption occurs in subject, organization, unit under the People's Committee of the commune level agencies, organizations, and units under their management and responsibility

1. The review and handling of direct or related responsibilities of heads, agencies, organizations, and units for allowing corruption to occur within agencies, organizations, and units under their management according to the levels specified in Article 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law.

2. The review and conclusion on the responsibility of heads of agencies, organizations, and units in organizing, directing, and implementing legal provisions on preventing and combating corruption.

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

Article 32. Effectiveness

1. This Circular takes effect from September 3, 2012.

2. During implementation, if there are any obstacles or new issues arise, agencies, units, and individuals should promptly report to the Government Inspectorate for guidance or amendments and supplements./.