Specialized inspection of areas that are likely to cause great loss and waste

The Government has just issued Resolution No. 77/NQ-CP on the regular Government meeting in March 2025 and the Online Conference of the Government with localities.

One of the notable contents of the resolution is that the Government assigned the Government Inspectorate to direct and organize thematic inspections focusing on a number of areas that are likely to cause great loss and waste to handle violations.

At the same time, it is necessary to warn and strongly deter ministries, agencies and localities in effectively managing and using financial resources and public assets.

Previously, the Government and the Prime Minister focused on leading and directing ministries, branches and localities to review and handle long-term projects and works at risk of loss and waste. Reviewed, classified and handled 1,315 public investment projects, non-budgetary investments, and PPP projects with difficulties and problems.

Direct the handling of difficulties and problems, put projects to solve flooding caused by tides in Ho Chi Minh City and renewable energy projects that have been built but have not been connected or operated.

Some localities have proactively included a number of waste cases in the scope of the Provincial Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption, Wastefulness and Negativity to monitor and direct them to focus on handling them thoroughly.

In Directive No. 08/CT-TTg on promoting waste prevention and control, the Prime Minister requested an urgent synthesis of opinions from ministries and branches to perfect the national strategy on waste prevention and control.

Focus on areas prone to waste such as: state budget management, public assets; management and use of public investment capital; management of state capital invested in enterprises; construction; land, resources (including renewable resources), minerals, energy; credit, banking; organizational apparatus, human resource management...

For projects that are still pending and have been suspended for a long time, ministries and localities have reported, urgently compiled, determined and clarified the groups of causes, handling options and handling by competent authorities to resolve them thoroughly, soon put projects into operation and use to promote investment efficiency, not to continue to waste resources of the State and the people.

The Prime Minister requested to strengthen the coordination mechanism, data sharing, and build a process for handling interconnections between ministries, branches, and localities to ensure that wasteful and negative cases are detected and handled promptly.

At the same time, there needs to be a mechanism for close supervision between authorities at all levels to avoid group interests, cover up violations, and affect the effectiveness of state management.

Inspection, auditing agencies and investigation agencies must coordinate closely and proactively take action as soon as signs of violations are detected, not allowing them to be prolonged, causing waste and public outrage.

The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Finance to develop a draft Law on Savings and Combat Wastefulness to submit to the National Assembly for comments and approval at the 10th Session of the 15th National Assembly (October 2025).

This is to create a complete and synchronous legal basis for monitoring, inspection, detection, and strong handling, with high deterrence against wasteful behavior but not losing the motivation to strive of the staff who dare to innovate, dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common good, not for profit.

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