Chương 3 Luật thực hành tiết kiệm, chống lãng phí 2013: Trách nhiệm của cơ quan, tổ chức trong thực hành tiết kiệm, chống lãng phí

Chapter 3.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THRIFT PRACTICE AND WASTE COMBAT

Article 67. Responsibilities of the Government

1. To submit to the National Assembly or the National Assembly Standing Committee for promulgation or to promulgate under its competence legal normative documents, policies and specific measures for thrift practice and waste combat in conformity with the management requirements and the national socio-economic development in each period.

2. To elaborate, promulgate, and organize implementation of the annual and long-term master programs on thrift practice and waste combat; to determine and direct the national thrift targets and norms and waste combat requirements in association with socio-­economic development plans.

3. To direct ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies and provincial People’s Committees to coordinate in their task performance so as to ensure thrift practice and waste combat; to elaborate and implement the annual and long-term programs on thrift practice and waste combat in the scopes and fields under their management, to decide on specific thrift norms of the key sectors and fields in the thrift practice and waste combat programs of ministries, sectors and localities.

4. To stipulate the regime of reporting on thrift practice and waste combat; to annually make review reports on thrift practice and waste combat results of a year to the National Assembly at the session convened at the beginning of subsequent year.

5. To organize the work of inspection and examination over thrift practice and waste combat; to promptly, strictly and publicly handle violations of law on thrift practice and waste combat as prescribed by law.

6. To intensify coordination with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in supervising the thrift practice and waste combat and direct the mass media agencies to push up the propagation and mobilization of the entire people for thrift practice and waste combat.

Article 68. Responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance

1. To assist the Government in uniformly carrying out and guiding provisions of this Law; to sum up and submit to the Government for approval of the annual and long-term master programs on thrift practice and waste combat; to organize and inspect the implementation of the thrift practice and waste combat programs and periodically review and report the implementation results of programs on thrift practice and waste combat.

2. To promulgate or submit to competent authorities for promulgation of legal documents detailing and guiding implementation of this Law.

3. To guide and assign specific thrift norms for every management field in association with elaboration of the annual budget plans; organize the implementation thereof, and take responsibility for results of thrift practice and waste combat in the sectors and fields under its management.

4. To sum up and report on general thrift practice and waste combat results nationwide to the Government.

5. To inspect, examine and handle violations in observance and implementation of law on thrift practice and waste combat within the sectors and fields under its management; to organize implementation of the State Treasury’s expenditure control activities according to regulations.

Article 69. Responsibilities of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and government- attached agencies

1. To promulgate or propose competent authorities to promulgate mechanisms, policies and measures for thrift practice and waste combat within the sectors and fields under their management under their competence in association with the determination of thrift targets and norms and organize implementation according to the schedule and with ensured quality.

2. To review the systems of techno-economic norms, criteria and entitlements under their management; to revise, supplement and issue or propose competent authorities to issue them promptly in line with the practical situation and scientific and technological advances, ensuring thrift and waste combat.

3. To develop and implement the annual and long-term thrift practice and waste combat programs, clearly identifying the targets, norms and criteria to assess thrift for their sectors and fields and for agencies and organizations under their management, and send them to the Ministry of Finance for sum-up.

4. To organize implementation of the thrift practice and waste combat and take responsibility for the results thereof in the sectors and fields under their management. To sum up results of thrift practice and waste combat and the handling of wasteful acts in the sectors and fields under their management, and send them to the Ministry of Finance for preparing reports to the Government.

5. To inspect, examine and handle violations as well as publicize the handling of violations related to thrift practice and waste combat within the sectors and fields and agencies and organizations under their management.

Article 70. Responsibilities of People’s Councils at all levels

1. To promulgate within scope of their functions, tasks and powers regulations on application of measures for thrift practice and waste combat in their localities.

2. To decide on guidelines and solutions for thrift practice and waste combat in association with implementation of thrift practice and waste combat programs and the assigned thrift targets and norms in line with the local socio-economic development situation and specific conditions.

3. To supervise the application of thrift practice and waste combat measures in localities; to supervise the publicity of the fields and activities specified in Article 5 of this Law and results of inspection and examination over implementation of regulations on thrift practice and waste combat in localities.

Article 71. Responsibilities of People’s Committees at all levels

1. To elaborate and implement the annual and long-term thrift practice and waste combat programs, clearly determining the targets, norms, measures and criteria for assessment of annual thrift practice and waste combat.

2. To organize the application of thrift practice and waste combat measures within their localities; to sum up and report on the results of thrift practice and waste combat to the People’s Councils at the same level and superior finance agencies, and the handling of wasteful acts in localities.

3. To inspect, examine and strictly and promptly handle under their competence violations of the law on thrift practice and waste combat and publicize the handling results in localities.

4. To publicize the fields and activities specified in Article 5 of this Law under their competence and decentralization in localities; to ensure the right to supervise the thrift practice and waste combat of citizens and relevant agencies and organizations.

Article 72. Responsibilities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations

1. To supervise the thrift practice and waste combat at state agencies and organizations; to supervise the handling of wasteful acts in accordance with current law.

2. To propagate, mobilize and guide people in thrift practice and waste combat during production, business and consumption.

3. The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees of communes, wards or townships shall guide the people’s inspection boards in communes, wards or townships; the investment supervision boards formed by the communities; trade union committees of state agencies, organizations or state-owned enterprises shall direct the people’s inspection boards in state agencies, organizations or state-owned enterprises to organize activities of supervising the thrift practice and waste combat.

4. Annually, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees shall coordinate with ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government- attached agencies and People’s Committees at all levels in elaborating and implementing action programs for supervision of and social criticism on the thrift practice and waste combat.

Article 73. Responsibilities of inspectorates

1. Agencies with inspection functions shall carry out, organize and direct the inspection of thrift practice and waste combat in the following principles:

a) The inspection of thrift practice and waste combat shall be conducted on basis of law and the norms, criteria and regulations issued by competent state agencies;

b) The inspection of thrift practice and waste combat may not obstruct the normal activities of the inspected agencies and organizations;

c) The inspection of thrift practice and waste combat shall be carried out under programs or plans and unexpectedly in association with inspection activities in each field, ensuring objectivity and honesty;

d) Thrift practice and waste combat inspection activities must strictly comply with this Law and other relevant laws.

2. Methods of thrift practice and waste combat inspection

a) The inspection of thrift practice and waste combat must be associated with the performance of inspection functions and tasks of agencies and organizations and strictly follow the inspection order and procedures as prescribed by law on inspection. Agencies assigned to conduct specialized inspection must include the thrift practice and waste combat inspection in contents of inspections in fields under their specialized management;

b) Conducting specialized inspections of thrift practice and waste combat.

3. Conclusions of thrift practice and waste combat inspection must be publicized as prescribed by law. In addition to the publicity provisions of the Inspection Law, the inspectorates shall base on the forms of publicity specified in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Law to decide on forms of publicizing inspection results.

4. In case of detecting violations of law on thrift practice and waste combat, the inspectorates shall promptly propose and transfer dossiers to competent state agencies for handling.

Article 74. Responsibilities of the State Audit Agency

1. Within the scope of its tasks and powers, the State Audit Agency shall perform audit to prevent, detect and handle violations of the law on thrift practice and waste combat.

2. To publicize audit results involving thrift practice and waste combat, except for cases of state secrets as prescribed by law.

3. In case of detecting violations of law on thrift practice and waste combat, State Audit Agency shall promptly propose and transfer dossiers to competent state agencies for handling.

Article 75. Responsibilities of investigation agencies, People’s Procuracies and People’s Courts

1. Upon receipt of denunciations or reports of individuals, agencies or organizations, or proposals of state agencies to institute criminal cases against wasteful cases with criminal signs, the investigation agencies or People’s Procuracies must accept such cases for settlement according to the order set by the criminal procedure law. The results of settlement of such proposals must be notified in writing to the proposing agencies; in case of non-institution of criminal cases, they must clearly state the reasons thereof.

2. Within the scope of their functions, tasks and powers, the investigation agencies, People’s Procuracies and People’s Courts shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with competent agencies in promptly and strictly handling violations of law on thrift practice and waste combat.