HANOI: Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairwoman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang recently led a delegation on a working visit to Malaysia, hailing the OV community's efforts in preserving their traditional culture and contributing to the homeland.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia could have done better in the global Corruption Perceptions Index if not for the slow pace of reforms including several high profile discharge not amounting to acquittal cases, says Transparency International Malaysia .He said that although the government has initiated institutional and legal reforms, it was slow in reforms in several other areas.
However, he noted that the government has since given an assurance that the amendments would be tabled during the current Parliament meeting which ends on March 6. "They could have been an influence and I agree that if it had not happened, perhaps we could have done better," he told reporters after announcing the Global CPI 2024 score here on Tuesday .
The nation improved it's CPI standing in 2023 when Malaysia scored 50 with a ranking of 57 compared to a score of 47 and a ranking of 61 in 2022.
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