Vietnam News Agency, October 5th, 2012
Receiving the invitation of Malaysian government, Vietnamese delegates led by Deputy Head of the Supreme People's Procuracy participated in the annual conference and the sixth Congress of The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), held in Kuala Lumpur from October, 4th to 7th.
Congress with the topic “Chapter VI of the UN Convention against Corruption: Technical assistance and information exchange” attracted around 1.000 officials who come from anti-corruption agencies of 100 countries in the world took part in.
Speaking at the beginning on the night of October 4th, Prime Minister of the host nation, Najia Tun Razak stressed/emphasized/pressed that corruption was a critical threat which all countries had to have determination against it in the long time. Anti-corruption was an indispensable part of the government plans and Malaysia considered it as one of the priority fields in the National Transformation Programme and the Government Economic Transformation Programme.
According to Prime Minister Najib, anti-corruption of a nation required the participation of law enforcement agencies with the cooperation of experts, academies and international anti-corruption organizations.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Najib claimed that Malaysian government would award RM 1 million, equal to $330.000 to the International Anti-corruption Academy to sponsor for activity programs.
During 4 days of the conference, the representatives would concentrate on discuss law enforce fields, activities against corruption, asset collection and international cooperation. The delegates would also mention training matters, technical assistance, information collection, exchange and analysis, sharing experiences as well as implementing the Convention Against Corruption through developing economy.
On the sidelines of the conference, Mr. Le The