(VOVworld) – The 2013 Vietnam Anti-Corruption Initiative Program (VACI 2013) has had a pervasive influence on the community, agencies, and residential areas.

Ngo Manh Hung, deputy head of the Department of Corruption Prevention and Control under the Government Inspectorate, speaks at the VACI 2014 launch (Photo: Tu Hoang)

Participants at a meeting in Hanoi on Tuesday to review the program’s results said the program has changed awareness of the public’s role in decisions by communal authorities and grassroots democracy has become more widespread.

The meeting called for expansion of the program to young people and pupils.

The VACI, sponsored by the Vietnam Government Inspectorate and the World Bank, is a competition to encourage creative initiatives to increase  transparency, integrity and accountability, and decrease corruption in Vietnam.

Winning projects are awarded at the closing ceremony of VACI 2013. (Photo: the World Bank)

Last year, the program honored 24 initiatives, many of which were implemented in remote areas in Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, and An Giang.