On August 24, at the headquarters of the Government Inspectorate, Deputy Inspector General Le Tien Dat chaired a working session with leaders of a number of affiliated units, deploying tasks related to inspection activities on money laundering prevention and control.
Information at the conference said that on June 26, the Government issued Decision No. 1139/QD-TTg attached to the National Action Plan to implement the commitment of the Vietnamese Government on preventing and combating money laundering, terrorist financing and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The Government Inspectorate and a number of ministries and sectors are assigned to co-chair the development and organization of the implementation of inspection and examination plans based on risks related to anti-money laundering and terrorist financing applied to reporting subjects within their management scope.
According to the assignment, the Government Inspectorate shall conduct inspections of reporting subjects in the state management fields of ministries and sectors that no longer organize inspections, including fields such as life insurance, accounting services, prize-winning electronic games, casinos, lottery, betting; real estate business; precious metals and gemstones business; notarization, legal practice and online electronic games.
At the working session, representatives of departments and agencies gave opinions on the necessity of deploying inspections on money laundering prevention and control and agreed with the program and plan that the Inspection Department resolves complaints and denunciations in the field of Finance and Banking (Department VI); proposed and affirmed the drastic involvement in deploying inspections related to money laundering prevention and control in the coming time.
Concluding, Deputy Inspector General of the Government Le Tien Dat basically agreed with the opinions participating in the working session.
Regarding the inspection plan for the last 6 months of 2026, the Deputy Inspector General of the Government assigned Department VI to study and propose a thematic inspection on the compliance with the law on money laundering prevention and control, ensuring the correct selection of subjects and areas at risk, thereby promptly detecting and rectifying shortcomings and limitations and improving the effectiveness of law enforcement on money laundering prevention and control.
Regarding the 2027 Inspection Plan, Deputy Inspector General of the Government Le Tien Dat requested Departments: V, VI, VII, IX and XI to base on their functions, tasks and assigned fields to monitor, proactively review and develop the 2027 Inspection Plan, in which each Department researches and proposes at least 1 inspection with content on anti-money laundering to ensure compliance with the characteristics and risks of each field.
