CAN THO — Anti-corruption will be a pressing, heavy, and complicated task this year, Vu Tien Chien, member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV)'s Central Committee said yesterday.

Chien, who doubles as chief administrator of the CPV's Central Committee's Anti-Corruption Steering Board, urged cities and provinces nationwide to focus on the inspection and supervision of seven areas that have recently been bought to the centre of public attention.

They are land management, taxes, minerals and natural resources, appointments of senior Government officials, infrastructure construction, handling of corruption complaints and dealing with corruption charges in State owned enterprises, which are in the process of becoming joint stock companies.

The anti-corruption steering committee has told all of its chapters to reform their operations and restructure anti-corruption policies and mechanisms to make them more efficient and transparent.

This year, the steering committee plans to make examples of big cases that are under the public spotlight. It also plans to raise the responsibility of leaders that are responsible for fighting corruption.

The two-day conference on corruption fighting and prevention in 2010 with a vision to 2020 ended yesterday. Organisers said that ideas contributed by the steering committee's 63 chapters improved the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for 2010. — VNS