Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung instructed agencies to continue to take drastic measures to fight corruption, including informing the public of corruption cases promptly and accurately.

He made the instruction for the second half of the year while chairing the seventh meeting of the Anti-Corruption Central Steering Committee in Hanoi on July 18.

The Anti-Corruption Central Steering Committee reported that in the first six months it identified 111 out of the 1,700 petitions and claims to hint at possible corruption cases.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Security’s department for corrupt crime investigated 12 serious cases with 96 people involved. They transferred four cases with 46 suspects to the procuracy.

Government inspectors also detected misappropriation of 966.6 billion VND and more than 45,500 USD from just eight inspections.

In the reviewed period, 192 corrupt cases with 471 people involved were prosecuted.

PM Dung also asked concerned agencies to quickly put an end to major corruption cases, including the Project Management Unit 18 and the case regarding fake electronic electricity meters in Ho Chi Minh City , in a bid to convince the people of the Government’s determination to combat corruption.