Vietnam moves to accelerate administrative reform in 2021-2030

September 02, 2021 | 21:32

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Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 2 signed Directive No.23/CT-TTg on boosting the Master Programme on State Administration Reform for 2021-2030 to meet future national development needs in the digital age and increasingly growing international integration.

Vietnam moves to accelerate administrative reform in 2021-2030

Vietnam is pushing for further administrative reforms over the next 10 years

The direction states that administrative reform is one of the country’s key policies during the doi moi and national development, and one of the breakthrough solutions contributing to national socio-economic development.

The administrative reform has produced positive results over the past years. However, the work is frequently sluggish and ineffective, falling short of national development requirements in the new era.

Accordingly, the directive tasked ministries, agencies, and cities and provinces to further boost administrative reform to better serve people and businesses.

Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and chairmen of provincial and municipal People’s Committees directly under central government must direct the implementation of the master programme on administrative reform and take responsibility for results.

They were also directed to further simplify business conditions, accelerate the completion of administrative settlements, and ensure healthy competition in the recruitment of state personnel.

As of last November, more than 1,000 administrative procedures have been axed or simplified through administrative reforms. As many as 3,893 of 6,191 business conditions and 6,776 of 9,926 goods categories subject to specialised inspection have been cut. These reductions have saved about 18 million working days per year or over VND6.3 trillion ($273.9 million) a year for the society, people, and businesses.