Party General Secretary and State President To Lam emphasised that assignments must not be reduced to slogans and rejected situations where agencies report that initiatives have been launched, studied or disseminated without being able to identify completed deliverables, promulgated legal documents, simplified administrative procedures, resolved legal inconsistencies, and accountability at leadership level.
One of the most visible achievements has been the rapid expansion of online public services. Ho Chi Minh City currently provides 1,636 fully online administrative procedures, accounting for more than 80% of the city’s total administrative services.
Law-making should strengthen the Party’s leadership, broaden consultations with stakeholders, facilitate growth, serve the people, streamline administrative procedures, promote decentralisation, and stay closely aligned with realities, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Municipal authorities have decided to proceed with the removal of 28 administrative procedures in the field of investment.
Despite great efforts taken by Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities to fight flooding, many flood-control projects have been delayed by administrative procedures.
The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) will help Vietnam to establish a customs bond system – part of the country’s efforts to modernise and reform administrative procedures relating to import and export.
HCM City wants to expand the use of online public services to simplify administrative procedures and reduce their cost for the public, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Tran Vinh Tuyen said.
