Department of Inspection

The Department of Inspection is an administrative unit under the National Statistics Office, performing the advisory function to help the Director General of the National Statistics Office in direction, state management and performance of specialized statistical inspection; internal inspections and supervision; handling administrative violations; citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations and reflections; anti-corruption and negative acts prevention, thrift practice and combating wastefulness in accordance with the laws.

1. Preside over the development of legal normative documents, regulations, procedures, professional measures for inspection, handling of administrative violations; citizen reception; settlement of complaints, denunciations and reflections; anti-corruption and negative acts prevention, thrift practice and combating wastefulness in the field of statistics and submit to the competent authorities for approval.

2. Specialized statistical inspection and internal inspection.

a) Preside over and coordinate with relevant units under the National Statistics Office in developing the annual sectoral and internal inspection plans of the National Statistics Office and submit to the Director General of the National Statistics Office for approval.

b) Organize the implementation of specialized statistical inspection and internal inspection of the National Statistics Office annually in accordance with the approved plans.

c) Conduct other inspections as assigned by the Director General of the National Statistics Office or the Minister of Finance.

d) Monitor, urge and inspect the implementation of approved specialized statistical inspection plans of the National Statistics Office and Provincial statistical Offices.

đ) Monitor, urge and inspect the implementation of inspection result notifications issued by the National Statistics Office and carried out under the presiding responsibility of the Department of Inspection.

3. Citizen reception, handling of petitions, settlement of complaints, denunciations and reflections.

a) Preside over and advise the Director General of the National Statistics Office on state management of citizen reception, settlement of complaints and denunciations, reflections, and feedback in accordance with laws.

b) Perform duties and powers in citizen reception, settlement of complaints, denunciations, reflections, and feedback in accordance with the provisions of laws as assigned by the Director General of the National Statistics Office.

4. Anti-corruption, negative acts prevention, thrift practice and combating wastefulness.

a) Preside over and advise the Director General of the National Statistics Office on guiding and directing the anti-corruption, negative acts prevention, thrift practice and combating wastefulness under the management of the National Statistics Office.

b) Preside over and advise the Director General of the National Statistics Office on  asset and income control of position holders and leaders within agencies, organizations, and units under the management of the National Statistics Office, in accordance with legal provisions and decentralization by the Minister of Finance.

5. Advise and assist the Director General of the National Statistics Office in handling administrative violations within the management scope.

6. Propose and recommend measures for handling violations of law; report to the Director General of the National Statistics Office on the revision, supplementation, and issuance of regulations to meet management requirements; recommend the competent state agencies to suspend, repeal, or annul unlawful regulations detected through specialized statistical inspections, internal inspections, citizen reception, settlement of complaints, denunciations, reflections, feedback, anti-corruption, thrift practice, and combating wastefulness activities; and propose other agencies to take appropriate actions.

7. Direct, guide, and inspect the implementation of legal regulations on inspection, administrative violation handling; citizen reception; petition handling; settlement of complaints, denunciations, reflections, and feedback; and anti-corruption and negative acts prevention, thrift practice, and combating wastefulness for units, organizations, and individuals under the management of the National Statistics Office.

8. Serve as the focal point for receiving, urging, and consolidating reports on the implementation of inspection conclusions, settlement of complaint and denunciation, reflections and feedback by competent agencies toward the National Statistics Office.

9. Submit to the competent authorities for the issuance of documents providing guidance and clarification on issues related to specialized statistical inspections, internal inspections; citizen reception; settlement of complaints and denunciations; anti- corruption and negative acts prevention, thrift practice and combating wastefulness.

10. Coordinate with the competent authorities in conducting specialized statistical inspections in accordance with legal regulations.

11. Implement reporting regimes in accordance with regulations.  

12. Coordinate with bodies to implement: scientific research, information technology application; digital transformation; administrative reform; dissemination, popularization, and education of the law; personnel resources, training, and fostering of civil servants; emulation and commendation; international cooperation; financial planning and office administration.

13. Perform other duties and exercise powers as assigned by the Director General of the National Statistics Office and other inspection duties and powers in accordance with the laws.