Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong chairs the Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption's meeting in Hanoi on November 25, 2017. (Photo: Tri Dung/VNA)

Mr. Trong told a meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption in Hanoi on Saturday that the battle against corruption has seen encouraging progress and earned public applause. He praised the Committee’s specific plan of action to intensify anti-corruption efforts.