The figures were reported by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Trong Thua at a meeting of the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform in Hanoi on February 8, which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh who is head of the committee.Thua said that in 2017, the number of overdue documents guiding the implementation of laws and ordinances reduced 41.67 percent year on year.Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Justice Tran Tien Dung said that last year, the Ministry of Justice inspected 5,848 legal documents and discovered 157 documents violating laws in terms of content and issuance authority.At the same time, Vice Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Thanh said that more than 5,000 administrative procedures have been simplified, while 24 conditional business sectors have been reduced and many business conditions for many sectors have been cut down.Thanh added that the ministry is processing legal documents to erase nearly 3,000 business conditions to ensure the implementation of Investment Law.Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan said that the World Bank raise the ranking of Vietnam’s business environment by 14 places.However, the Deputy Justice Minister pointed out that the number of illegal documents in 2017 increased by 21 percent. He said that one of the major tasks of the ministry in 2018 is dealing with 83 such documents.Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh held that administrative reform in some sectors is incoherent, while the apparatus of many State agencies operated ineffectively. He asserted that the problem is rooted from… [Read full story]
Businesses Happier with Customs Administrative Reform On the sidelines of the launch ceremony of the report: “Assessing Business Satisfaction in Customs administrative Reform in 2016", recently organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Vietnam Business Forum has an interview with Mr Vu Ngoc Anh, Deputy General Director of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, with regard to reform solutions to the customs sector in 2017. Le Hien reports. Up to 93 per cent of companies saw a positive change in customs administrative reform, showing business satisfaction in this work. What do you think about this figure? The…... [read more]
The statement was made by Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, while chairing a meeting of the Government's Steering Committee for Administrative Reform to review its performance in 2017 and devise the tasks for 2018. Speaking at the meeting, the Deputy PM, who is also the committee’s head, highlighted the outstanding achievements that have been gained in administrative reform, significantly contributing to creating a favourable and clear legal corridor for socio-economic development. He also pointed out a number of inadequacies in administrative procedure reform, causing difficulties for people and enterprises. Deputy PM Binh asked the agencies concerned…... [read more]
The Ministry of Home Affairs held a conference in Hanoi on January 14 to outline its tasks for 2012 and review the overall the administrative reform programme for 2011-2020. Over the past year, the home affairs sector has successfully fulfilled its tasks for advising the Government and State on the management of internal affairs. The sector performed its assigned tasks for the 13th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council elections for the 2011-2016 term, and assisted the Government in submitting a project to restructure its organization to the 13th term to the National Assembly for approval. It also reviewed ten…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) -The business community hopes for stronger determination from tax and customs sectors in administrative reform, said Vo Tan Thanh, Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). Many enterprises agree that despite the sectors’ recent efforts, tax and customs in administrative reform progress has yet to meet expectations or the country’s socio-economic development, Thanh said during a dialogue between the Ministry of Finance and the business community in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5. According to a recent VCCI report on the tax sector’s operations, 49 percent of 2,500 surveyed enterprises in 63 localities…... [read more]
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will continue taking the lead in administrative reform, said Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan, head of the ministry’s Legal Department, on Monday. Tan told a Ha Noi workshop on consultation with enterprises that the ministry is striving to simplify and modernise its services and provide them online. The ministry is also promoting favourable conditions for businesses by sharing information. “All information about the MoIT’s management is published on its website and in the media. An integrated information system was built to closely co-operate between the central and local levels to help firms navigate various…... [read more]
