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VIETNAM receives an overall "Very Weak" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
"Never marry a policeman," my father always warns me. Many other young ladies in Vietnam get the same advice from their parents. Ordinary Vietnamese people are learning to dislike the police. The reason is simple. Experience from day-to-day life teaches us that the more you encounter the police, the more you have to bribe.
"You violated the traffic law. What do you want me to do?" the policeman asked me after I was caught stopping in the wrong lane on a busy street in Hanoi.
"What should I do?" I replied.
"You must know. I need to buy a cup of tea or maybe a cigarette."
"How much?"
"I will do you a favor. Give me only 48,000 dong (US$3). Put your money in this traffic ticket book, so no one can see it," he said and smiled.
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