Article 1. Position and Functions

The Government Inspectorate is a ministerial-level agency of the Government,  exercising the function of state management of inspection, citizen reception, complaint and denunciation settlement and anti-corruption all over the country; conducting inspection, settling complaints and denunciations and  combating corruption in accordance with laws.

Article 2. Duties and powers

The Government Inspectorate shall perform the duties and exercise the powers prescribed in the Government's Decree No. 36/2012/ND-CP dated 18 April  2012 on the functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of ministries and ministerial-level agencies as well as the following specific duties and powers:

1. To submit to the Government draft bills and resolutions of the National Assembly, draft ordinances and resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee, and draft resolutions and decrees of the Government on inspection, citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption in accordance with its approved annual law-making programs and plans, and other projects and draft legal documents as assigned by the Government or the Prime Minister.

2. To submit to the Prime Minister the annual inspection program orientation, the draft decisions, directives and other documents under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister for approval and organize the implementation of these documents.

3. To promulgate circulars, decisions, directives and other documents on inspection, citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption.

4. To direct, guide, examine and organize the implementation of legal documents and approved strategies, Orientation program on inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption; to propagate, disseminate and educate about laws on inspection, citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations, and prevention and anti-corruption.

5. Inspection:

a. To make inspection plans of the Government Inspectorate; to guide the ministerial and ministerial-level inspectorates (hereinafter referred to as ministerial Inspectorates); inspectorates of provinces and cities directly under the Central (hereinafter referred to as provincial inspectorates) to develop and implement the  plans;

b) To inspect the implementation of policies, laws as well as duties and powers of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and People’s Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central (hereinafter referred to as the Provincial People’s Committees); conduct inspections on state-owned enterprises established by a Prime Minister’s decision; conduct inspections on complicated cases involving state management responsibility of many ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and provincial  People's Committees;

c) To conduct other inspections as assigned by the Prime Minister;

d) To check the accuracy, legitimacy of inspection conclusions and post-inspection decisions of Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairmen of the provincial People's Committees and ministerial Chief Inspectors and provincial chief inspectors where necessary;

đ) To decide re-inspection of the case that was concluded by a Minister upon the detection of signs of law violation as assigned by the Prime Minister; to decide re-inspection of the case that was concluded by a Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, ministerial Chief Inspector or provincial chief inspector upon the detection of signs of law violation;

e) To request the Minister and require Chairman of provincial People's Committee to conduct inspections within the scope of the respective Ministry or Committee management, upon detection of signs of law violations; In the case where the minister or the Chairman disagrees, to issue a decision on conducting an inspection and report and be accountable to the Prime Minister for the decision;

g) Acting as a coordinator in dealing with the overlap in the scope, objects, content, time of inspection among Ministerial inspectorates; between a Ministerial inspectorate and a Provincial inspectorate;

h) To monitor, examine and speed up the implementation of conclusions and recommendations, inspection handling decisions of the Government Inspectorate and the Prime Minister;

i) To settle the issue where exists disagreement between Ministerial Chief Inspector and the Minister, between Provincial Chief Inspector and the Provincial People's Chairman. In the case where Minister does not agree with the Inspector General, the Inspector General shall report to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision;

k) To recommend ministers to suspend the implementation or removal of ministry’s legal documents  that contradict the legal provisions on inspection issued by superior state agencies or by the Inspector General; in the case where the Minister does not suspend the implementation or removal of the  documents, to  report  to the Prime Minister for decision;

l) To suspend the implementation of and propose Prime Minister to annul legal documents of the provincial People's Committees, Chairmen of the provincial People's Committees that violate provisions on inspection issued by higher-level state agencies or by the Inspector General;

m) To propose competent state agencies to revise and issue new regulations in accordance with regulatory requirements; to propose to suspend or annul unlawful regulations detected through inspection;

n) To propose the Prime Minister to consider responsibility and punish the people under the management of the Prime Minister for their wrongdoings detected through inspection or not implementing inspection conclusions and inspection settlement decisions; to require the head of a agency or organization to consider responsibility and punish people under its management for their law violations discovered through inspection or not implementing inspection conclusions and inspection settlement decisions.

6. Citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations:

a) To organize citizen reception; to receive and handle complaints and denunciations; to settle complaints and denunciations in accordance with laws;

b) To act as the coordinator, in cooperation with concerned agencies, in receiving citizens at citizen reception offices of the State and the Party Central Committee and in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City;

c) To verify the denunciation content, the denunciation content verification conclusions and propose denunciation settlement measures within the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister when assigned;

d) To consider and conclude the denunciation case that as been handled by a minister, head of ministerial-level or government agency, or the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee  upon signs of law violations; in the case where exists law violations in  handling the denunciation, report to the Prime Minister for  re-settlement;

đ) To assist the Prime Minister to supervise, examine and speed up the ministries, ministerial-level and government-attached agencies as well as people's Committees at all levels in terms of receiving citizens, handling complaints and implementing complaint conclusions that have come into effect.

7. Anti-corruption.

a) To direct and guide the inspection on the implementation of anti-corruption laws and combating corruption in inspection field;

b) To inspect the implementation of anti-corruption laws by ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and provincial People's Committees according to its competence or as instructed by the Prime Minister; to actively coordinate with agencies and organizations in detecting corrupt acts; conduct inspection on the case with signs of corruption; to urge the handling of persons committing corrupt acts according to laws and as decentralized by the Party and the Government regarding personnel management;

c) To act as the coordinator, in cooperation with competent state agencies, in building a common anti-corruption database system;

d) To coordinate with the State Audit, the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Defense, the Supreme People's Procuracy, the Supreme People's Court and the Office of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption in supplying and exchanging anti-corruption information, documents and experiences; to synthesize, evaluate and predict the corruption situation and propose policies and solutions to prevent and combat corruption.

8. In the process of performing the duties of inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption, the Government Inspectorate may exercise its powers as prescribed by laws and may request concerned agencies and units to nominate their officers to join an inspection group.

9. To request Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and provincial People's Committees to report the factual situation and results of inspection and settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption

10. To synthesize and report the results of inspection and settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption within the state management scope of the Government; to sum up experiences in inspection and settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption.

11. To conduct international cooperation activities regarding inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption.

12. To organize and direct the implementation of programs and plans on scientific research and application of scientific and technological advances to inspection, citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations, and anti-corruption.

13. To decide on and organize the implementation of its administration reform plan in line with the Government's state administration reform program and as directed by the Prime Minister.

14. To act as coordinator, in cooperation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, in issuing documents guiding the functions, tasks, powers and organizational and personnel structures of state inspectorates.

15. To direct and guide and provide training to  inspection officials in the field of inspection profession; to manage and appoint to inspection official positions in accordance with laws; to grant inspector cards for officers, public officials appointed to inspection positions in the inspectorate sector; promulgation of professional standards of the ministerial and provincial Chief and Deputy Chief Inspectors.

To discuss and come to a consensus with Minister, head of ministerial-level agency, chairman of provincial People's Committee in appointing, dismissing, removing ministerial and provincial Chief Inspectors from their offices.

16. To manage its organizational structure and public officials and civil servants; to implement salary and other treatment, remuneration and discipline mechanisms applied to public officials and civil servants under the Government Inspectorate’s management as prescribed by laws.

17. To manage and direct the operation of its professional units in accordance with laws.

18. To manage its assigned finance and assets and use allocated state budget as prescribed by laws.

19. To perform other duties and exercise powers as assigned by the Government or the Prime Minister, or prescribed by laws.​

 II. Position and function of the units under the Government Inspectorate​

1. Legal Department 

Legal D​epartment

2. Department for Personnel and Organization

Department for Personnel and Organization 

3. Department for International Cooperation

Department for Intern​ational Cooperation is a unit belonging to the Government Inspectorate, which assists General Inspector to implement function of state management in cooperation activities of the Government Inspectorate; and implement  international cooperation to inspect and address complaints and denunciations.

4. The Office of the Government Inspectorate

The Office of the Government Inspectorate is a unit belongs to the Government Inspectorate, which implement function of assists General Inspector in counsel and collecting result of Government Inspectorate’s activities; to coordinate operations of  all departments, bureaus and units of Government Inspectorate base on working plans; play the role of clue for receiving complaints and denunciations of citizens; to organize the work of information, administrative, storage, finance; providing supplies to ensure fulfillment operations of the Government Inspectorate as assigned by General Inspector.

The Office of the Government Inspectorate has its own seal for transaction according to the law.

5. Department for sectoral Economic Inspection (Dep. I)

Department for sectoral Economic Inspectio​n (Dep. I) iscope of responsibility.

6. Department for Internal Affairs and General Economic Inspection (Dep.II)

Department f​or Internal Affairs and General Economic Inspection (Dep.II) is a unit belong to the Government Inspectorate, which assists General Inspector to implement function of state management in inspection and settlement of complaints and denunciations related to the ministries, sectors: Finance, Planning and Investment, State Bank of Vietnam, Public Security, Defense, Justice, Interior, Office of the Government; and implement the inspection tasks, settle complaints and denunciations under their scope of responsibility.

7. Department for Socio-Cultural Inspection (Dep.III)

Department for Socio-Cultural Inspection (Dep.III) iscope of responsibility.

8. Bureau for Settlement of Complaints-Denunciations and Inspection for the North region (Bureau I)

To assist the Inspector General to implement function of state management about  the settlement of complaints-denunciations and inspection of the localities in  Area I: Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, Bac Can, Lang Son, Phu Tho, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Vinh Phuc, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Ha Noi, Hoa Binh, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Ninh Binh. Bureau I is headquartered in Hanoi and has its own seal.

9. Bureau for Settlement of Complaints-Denunciations and Inspection for the Central region (Bureau II)

To assist the Inspector General to implement function of state management about  the settlement of complaints-denunciations and inspection of the localities in  Area II: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Lam Dong, Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan.  Bureau II has its own seal.

10. Bureau for Settlement of Complaints-Denunciations and Inspection for the Southern region (Bureau III) 

To assist the Inspector General to implement function of state management about settlement of complaints-denunciations and inspection of the localities in  Area III: Binh Thuan, Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Ho Chi Minh city, Long An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, An Giang, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Can Tho, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Kien Giang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau.  It takes a responsibility for implementing the task to settle complaints and denunciations within the inspection charge; leading the coordination and management to citizens. Bureau I is headquartered in Hanoi and has its own seal.

11. Anti-corruption Bureau (Bureau IV) 

To assist the Inspector General to implement function of state management in anti-corruption aspect, to implement the tasks of inspection in anti–corruption actions on authority of the Government Inspectorate. Bureau I is headquartered in Hanoi and has its own seal.

12. Government Inspectorate Research Institute

Government Inspectorate Research In​stitute ithe field of Inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption; to assists the General Inspector to organize science management and application of scientific research results in the working fields of Inspection; to contribute the fulfillment organization system, training and cultivating activities inspectors.

Government Inspectorate Research Institute has its own seal and separate accounts, head office in Hanoi.

13.  Inspector Training College 

Inspector Tra​ining College is  a unit belong to Government Inspectorate, implement function of training, cultivation necessary knowledge in inspection aspect for organizations and personnel of Inspection branch.

-  Trainning and cultivating systems of Inspector Training College:

Inspector Training College is a income career unit which is opened a private account at the bank and State Treasury. It is headquartered in Hanoi and has its own seal.

14. Inspection Newspaper 

Inspection Newspaper s the official organ of the Government Inspectorate and the inspectorate system. It takes a responsibility for propagandizing lines and policies of the Vietnamese Communist Party and Government which focus on inspection field; the settlement of complaints-denunciations; anti – corruption; industry forces construction; truthfulness, objective and timely  information about the activities of the sector in accordance with the law of the press and Government Inspectorate. Inspection Newspaper is a income career unit which is opened a private account at the bank and State Treasury. It is headquartered in Hanoi and has its own seal.

15. Inspection magazine 

Inspection magazine is Agencies Journalist of Government Inspectorate of VietNam, have function information and propaganda of the Party’s ,policies and laws of the State about field of Inspection, settlement of complaints and denunciations and prevention and combat of corruption; is science forum, to exchange real- life experience, theory, operations of inspection, to settle complaints and denunciations, prevention and combat of corruption, and other fields as assigned by the Press Law and the Inspector General. Inspection magazine is a income career unit which is opened a private account at the bank and State Treasury. It is headquartered in Hanoi and has its own seal.

16. Information Center

Information Center is  an information technology Unit belongs to Government Inspectorate, which implement function of prepare, develop and implement information technology application to serve management and administration activities of Government Inspectorate and Inspectorate branch; exploit, store, provide and collect necessary information as directed by the Inspector General.

Information Center has its own seal, head office in Hanoi.

17. The Department for Plan, Finance and General Affairs

The Department for Plan, Finance and General Affairs is under the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam with the function of helping the Inspector General to coordinate the operations of bureaus, departments and units of GIV, the ministerial and local Inspectorates according to the inspection program and work plan; to execute the function of informing and generalizing the operations of GIV, Inspection Profession according to the governance and direction of Inspector General; to set up, disburse and inspect the settlement of the state budget  account assigned to GIV.

18. The Department for Post-inspection Supervision, Verification and Settlement

The Department for post-inspection supervision, verification and settlement is under the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam with the function of helping the Inspector General to supervise, examine the operations of the Inspection Group; to verify the draft inspection conclusion made by the Inspection Group; to supervise, speed up, examine the agencies, organizations and personals in executing the inspection conclusion, proposals, decisions made by Government Inspectorate and Prime Minister to the cases reported by GIV.