Government inspectors have listed asset declarations as one of the least efficient of nine anti-corruption measures.
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Asset declarations, new payment methods and contributing bribes to the state were the three least effective measures.
Director General Le Hong Linh of the Department of Planning, Finance and General Affair, under the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam, said, "200 leaders were dealt with for letting corruption occur within their departments, including 16 that were prosecuted."
Pham Trong Dat, head of Anti-Corruption Department said they proposed to make public the assets declared by the officials but this needed to be clarified.
He said, "The list of officials must be shortened to be more effective. It's difficult to manage the list of over one million officials. Only few dishonest statements were discovered in the whole year. This is not realistic."
Ngo Van Khanh, deputy head of Government Inspectorate said they were building new project which would have new ideas.
According to the Government Inspectorate, as of May 31, 995,383 out of 999,416 officials have provided supposedly-complete lists of their assets. However, many people have expressed concern about the accuracy of the verification process as only five officials were found to have provided dishonest statements in an inspectorate sample of 1,225 officials.
Other anti-corruption measures include administrative reform, improved transparency, behaviour and ethical standards for officials, changes in position and punishment for the department's head were all deemed more effective. Last year, 705 officials were discovered to have been involved in corrupt practices. The inspectors proposed to recover VND756bn of violation and over 6.3 hectares of land.
