On June 25, the National Assembly voted to pass the revised Law on Inspection, with the majority of delegates present in favor. The law takes effect from July 1, 2025.
Regarding the operating budget of the inspection agency; the regime and policies for inspectors, the law stipulates that the operating budget of the inspection agency is guaranteed by the state budget.
Inspection agencies are allowed to deduct a part of the recovered and discovered funds through inspection after submitting them to the State budget according to the regulations of the National Assembly Standing Committee to spend on the operation and capacity building of the inspection agency.
The regime, policies, and allowances for inspectors are prescribed by the Government.
Discussing this content previously, there were opinions from National Assembly deputies suggesting reviewing regulations on allocating funds from the recovered amount discovered through inspection, because inspection activities have been guaranteed by the State budget.
Other opinions suggested revising in the direction that the inspection agency is allowed to deduct a part of the recovered funds discovered through the inspection and from administrative sanctions of competent authorities in inspection activities; clearly stipulate the rate of deduction in the law.
Explaining this issue, the Government said that the allocation of a part of the recovered funds discovered through the inspectorate is actually paid to the state budget and allows the inspectorate to use the allocated funds to ensure the specific operations of the inspection agency has been regulated and implemented stably since 2006 until now.
Joint Circular No. 42 of 2006 and currently Resolution 37 of 2023 of the National Assembly Standing Committee stipulates that inspection agencies are allowed to deduct a part of the recovered funds discovered through inspection after paying them into the state budget.
Every year, inspection agencies report the amount of money recovered through inspection and actually pay it to the state budget with an estimate of the use of funds sent to the same-level financial agency to submit to the competent authority to arrange funds for the inspection agency.
The allocated funds are spent in accordance with the norms, standards, and regimes; are controlled for expenditure through the State Treasury and are appraised, inspected, audited, and settled according to the provisions of law.
The Government affirmed that this funding will help inspection agencies perform well their functions and tasks of inspection work, citizen reception, complaint and denunciation settlement, corruption prevention and control, waste and negativity - complex, sensitive areas, of the nature of some internal affairs sectors.
Especially in detecting and handling violations of the law, corruption and negativity, which require guarantees from the state budget to enhance capacity and create initiative for inspection agencies.
After reviewing, the drafting agency, the Government Inspectorate, will absorb and propose to revise the regulations on operating expenses of inspection agencies as per the law passed by the National Assembly.
The law recently passed by the National Assembly also stipulates the addition of new tasks and powers to the Government Inspectorate and the Provincial Inspectorate.
The Government Inspectorate has the right to "inspect the implementation of policies, laws, tasks and powers of agencies, organizations, units and individuals under the management of ministries with ministries without a Minister Inspectorate"; "inspect compliance with the law in areas under the state management of ministries without a Minister Inspectorate".
