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Comparison of countries
Viet Nam
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
40 out of 100
Rank:
88 out of 180
Rank:
24 out of 141
Overall Score:
51 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,50 out of 1
Rank:
81 out of 142
Overall Score:
76 out of 150
Rank:
88 out of 140
Overall Score:
5,50 out of 10
Rank:
74 out of 119
Overall Score:
58 out of 100
Rank:
42 out of 180
Overall Score:
6,76 out of 10
Rank:
105 out of 141
Overall Score:
61 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
29 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
102 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
APEC
UN
OECD
OAS
Viet Nam
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1998.
Costa Rica
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2017.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Main Legislation
Viet Nam
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 354, 356-358 and 364-366
    (Bộ luật hình sự: Điều 354, 356-358, 364-366), (Vietnamese/English);

  2. Law No. 22/2008/QH12 of November 13, 2008 «On Cadres and Civil Servants»
    (Luật cán bộ, công chức 22/2008/QH12), (Vietnamese/English);

  3. Law No. 25/2018/QH14 of June 12, 2018 «On Denunciation»
    (Luật Tố cáo 25/2018/QH14), (Vietnamese), (English - without 2021 changes);

  4. Law No. 36/2018/QH14 of November 20, 2018 «On Anti-Corruption»
    (Luật Phòng, chống tham nhũng №36/2018/QH14), (Vietnamese), (English - without 2021 changes);

  5. Decree No. 59/2019/NĐ-CP of July 1, 2019 «On Elaborating on a Number of Articles and Measures for Implementation of the Law on Anti-Corruption»
    (Nghị định 59/2019/NĐ-CP hướng dẫn Luật Phòng, chống tham nhũng), (Vietnamese);

  6. Decree No. 130/2020/NĐ-CP of 20 December, 2020 «On Control over the Income and Assets of Officials»
    (Nghị định 130/2020/NĐ-CP kiểm soát tài sản thu nhập của người có chức vụ trong cơ quan tổ chức), (Vietnamese).

Costa Rica
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 324, 338, 347-355
    (Ley 4573, Código Penal: Artículos 324, 338, 347-355), (Spanish);

  2. Law No. 8422 «On Countering Corruption and Illicit Enrichment in Civil Service»
    (Ley 8422 contra la corrupción y el enriquecimeinto ilícito en la función pública), (Spanish);

  3. Law No. 9699 «On Liability of Legal Persons for Bribery, Transnational Bribery and other Crimes»
    (Ley 9699 Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas sobre cohechos domésticos, soborno transnacional y otros delitos), (Spanish);

  4. Law No. 10437 «On Protecting of Whistleblowers and Witnesses of Corruption against Retaliation in the Workplace»
    (Ley 10437 de protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Viet Nam
  1. Central Committee of Viet Nam for the Prevention of Corruption
    (Ban Chỉ đạo Trung ương về phòng, chống tham nhũng), (Vietnamese);

  2. The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam
    (Thanh tra Chính phủ), (Vietnamese/English).

Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
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