Shining light on inspection activities

Government Inspectorate deputy inspector Ngo Van Khanh brings light to major inspections in 2013.

What will be the Government Inspectorate’s core tasks in 2013 as approved by the prime minister?

Under the inspection plan getting the prime minister approval in early January 2013, this year the Government Inspectorate will focus on executing four major task groups.

Accordingly, the most important task will be to ensure effective enforcement of the Law on

Inspection and relevant guiding documents.

Inspectors will oversee obedience of the law at different government bodies involved in diverse fields as finance-banking, budget, securities, public asset management, import-export, bullion market management, land and housing usage and management, mineral extraction and processing, construction investment and management; the implementation of national target programmes, usage and management of capital and asset of state-owned enterprises.

Specific inspections will also take place at individuals and organisations in diverse socio-economic areas in parallel to scaling up post-inspection checks.

Besides, the Government Inspectorate continues handling its routine activities like settling claims, carrying out anti-corruption programme action or fostering post-inspection activities.

Could you brief us on approved inspections this year?

As planned, there will be 20 major inspections within 2013. Some major ones involve inspecting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on mineral extraction and management, the responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on activities of temporary import, re-export, re-import; inspecting asset management and state capital usage at the Urban Investment Development Corporation (formerly HUD Group), inspecting law obedience at the State Securities Commission (SSC), at the Bank for Social Policies and so on.

Besides, inspections will also cover extraction and management of mining activities, basic construction and target programme implementation in some provinces and municipalities.

When will inspections of securities and bullion market management take place?

These inspections will go underway right in the first quarter of 2013. However, we are working with the State Securities Commission (SSC) and the State Bank (SBV) to define concrete inspection contents.

Basically, we will focus on hot issues in these fields like gold import, export or gold bar monopoly.

This is also the first-of-its kind comprehensive inspection on law obedience and state management responsibilities at SSC and SBV, ranging from compiling policies to actual management. The Government Inspectorate will also put relevant government agencies and enterprises under review. We may put eyes on gold bar processing businesses, but not to take care of their financial records, but only to learn how policies have affected their operations.

What will be their spot inspections when signs of violations are detected besides these major inspections?

Apart from approved inspections, we will come up with spot inspections within our regulated functions, duties and powers when necessary. This means companies whose names do not appear on the list of firms to be inspected this year may also incur inspection if we find it necessary.