The ceremony introducing the MOBI 2018 Report on July 30 (Photo: saigondautu.com.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Twenty of total37 ministries and central government agencies receiving funding from the Statebudget disclosed no information about expenses in 2018, a report revealed on July30.
The report was named MOBI 2018 anddeveloped by the Centre for Development and Integration (CDI) and the BTAPCoalition, which promotes transparency, accountability and citizenparticipation in state budget management, with support of the non-governmentalorganisation Oxfam.
The ministries and central agencies studiedby the report did not include the Ministries of Public Security and National Defence.This is Vietnam’s first independent report on ministries, ministry-level andcentral agencies’ information disclosure.
The 20 ministries, ministry-level andcentral agencies included the Ministries of Health, Education and Training,Construction, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture and Rural Development, the StateBank of Vietnam, the Voice of Vietnam, the Hanoi National University, the HCMCity National University, the People’s Supreme Court, and the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour.
According to the report, 12 ministries andcentral government agencies publicised at least one of six required documentson spending records on their websites and five made a section of spending itemswithout details and explanation.
Topping those 17 agencies was the VietnamTelevision, which scored 21.91 points. The national television broadcaster wasfollowed by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, and the Ministries ofFinance, and Industry and Trade.
The Ministry of Transport spent around58.56 trillion VND (2.52 billion USD) last year but its score on expensedisclosure was only 3.7 points.
Ministries and agencies with lower scoresthan the Ministry of Transport were the Ministries of Planning and Investment,Information and Communications, Science and Technology, and Justice. Thoseministries scored below 3 points.
In addition, ministries and governmentagencies have not followed the regulations on information disclosure as statedin the Law of State Budget 2015 and the Circular 61/2017/TT-BTC by the Ministryof Finance, the report said.
All 37 ministries and government agenciesare classified as D-level or “insufficient information disclosure on budgetspending” as their scores are below 25 points. There are four classificationsin the report, which are 0-25 points, 25-50 points, 50-75 points and 75-100points.
The World Bank in Vietnam’s financialexpert Pham Dinh Cuong said on July 30 that ministries and government agencies’lack of information disclosure on their budget expenses is disappointing.
The problem is the awareness of topofficials at those organisations and it is not difficult for them to disclosethe details on their spending, he said.
Dr. Vu Sy Cuong, representative of thegroup composing the report, suggested the National Assembly should tighten itssupervision over ministries and government agencies’ budget spending, andconsider information disclosure on budget spending a key criterion to evaluatetheir performances.-VNS/VNA
The report was named MOBI 2018 anddeveloped by the Centre for Development and Integration (CDI) and the BTAPCoalition, which promotes transparency, accountability and citizenparticipation in state budget management, with support of the non-governmentalorganisation Oxfam.
The ministries and central agencies studiedby the report did not include the Ministries of Public Security and National Defence.This is Vietnam’s first independent report on ministries, ministry-level andcentral agencies’ information disclosure.
The 20 ministries, ministry-level andcentral agencies included the Ministries of Health, Education and Training,Construction, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture and Rural Development, the StateBank of Vietnam, the Voice of Vietnam, the Hanoi National University, the HCMCity National University, the People’s Supreme Court, and the Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour.
According to the report, 12 ministries andcentral government agencies publicised at least one of six required documentson spending records on their websites and five made a section of spending itemswithout details and explanation.
Topping those 17 agencies was the VietnamTelevision, which scored 21.91 points. The national television broadcaster wasfollowed by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, and the Ministries ofFinance, and Industry and Trade.
The Ministry of Transport spent around58.56 trillion VND (2.52 billion USD) last year but its score on expensedisclosure was only 3.7 points.
Ministries and agencies with lower scoresthan the Ministry of Transport were the Ministries of Planning and Investment,Information and Communications, Science and Technology, and Justice. Thoseministries scored below 3 points.
In addition, ministries and governmentagencies have not followed the regulations on information disclosure as statedin the Law of State Budget 2015 and the Circular 61/2017/TT-BTC by the Ministryof Finance, the report said.
All 37 ministries and government agenciesare classified as D-level or “insufficient information disclosure on budgetspending” as their scores are below 25 points. There are four classificationsin the report, which are 0-25 points, 25-50 points, 50-75 points and 75-100points.
The World Bank in Vietnam’s financialexpert Pham Dinh Cuong said on July 30 that ministries and government agencies’lack of information disclosure on their budget expenses is disappointing.
The problem is the awareness of topofficials at those organisations and it is not difficult for them to disclosethe details on their spending, he said.
Dr. Vu Sy Cuong, representative of thegroup composing the report, suggested the National Assembly should tighten itssupervision over ministries and government agencies’ budget spending, andconsider information disclosure on budget spending a key criterion to evaluatetheir performances.-VNS/VNA
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