March 13, 2007 (24) Chinese New Year the first month, the Vietnamese government issued a decree requiring congressional representatives and senior government officials to declare their assets.

2007 3 13 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a decree was issued, the earliest congressional representatives and senior government officials to declare their assets from next month, aimed at combating the increasingly serious acts of corruption. The Act requires Congressional representatives and government officials to publish their income, real estate, overseas assets, accounts and other personal property, such as vehicles and more than 3100 dollars worth of securities.
Act will apply to the Vietnamese National Assembly representatives and alternate representatives, senior police officers and military officers, as well as national, provincial, county governments, state-owned enterprises, deputy division level and above cadres. This was some Vietnamese observers questioned, they want to know that the law will be strictly enforced. Hanoi Bar Association lawyer who asked not to be named, said: "This Act is not feasible. Everyone knows that most state cadres do not rely on the government payroll to live. They earn a lot of bribery and gray business activities. "