Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaking during the discussion at the National Assembly delegation on May 23 morning – Photo: VGP
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Speaking at the discussion session on May 23 morning, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the spirit of administrative reform is not just about streamlining in form, but also about fundamentally changing the operating mindset: “The most important thing is to shift the state apparatus from passively receiving and processing requests to proactively and actively serving the people and businesses.”
According to the Prime Minister, rearranging the administrative boundaries and local government at two levels will help reduce intermediary steps, cut unnecessary procedures, and simultaneously expand development space and facilitate better connections.
The Prime Minister shared that the Government and its agencies have been actively working on planning and promoting administrative procedure reduction by developing and publicly announcing the necessary standards, norms, and conditions. People and businesses are allowed to do what is not prohibited by law, while the government will shift from pre-inspection to post-inspection, focusing on monitoring and supervision.
An important issue highlighted by the Prime Minister was the construction of a synchronized database in various fields such as land, population, marriage, housing, students, and patients… to facilitate administrative procedure reform. He believed that this would enable faster and more efficient handling of work, reducing hassles for people and businesses.
The Prime Minister also brought up the issue of decentralization and devolution, stating that they must go hand in hand with resource allocation and enhanced enforcement capacity. “If we decentralize and devolve power without allocating resources, and everything has to be requested, it won’t work, and it will create more red tape,” the Prime Minister clarified.
From this, the Prime Minister pointed out an inadequately assessed reality: the waste of opportunities and time. “Opportunities come and go very quickly, but if we wait to deal with a forest of paperwork, the opportunity will be gone”, the Prime Minister said.
Therefore, the Prime Minister proposed that the National Assembly continue to decentralize and devolve power to the Government; the Government will further decentralize to ministries, sectors, and localities. The spirit is to proactively serve the people and businesses, especially in dealing with sudden and unexpected opportunities, which require quick handling and cannot wait for the usual administrative process.
The Prime Minister also emphasized the constructive role of central ministries and sectors, with six groups of state management tasks: developing strategies, planning, and plans; building institutions and laws; formulating policies for sustainable development; designing inspection and supervision tools; summarizing practices and replicating good models; and conducting timely, fair, and effective commendations and disciplines.
Regarding the handling of headquarters after the arrangement of organizational apparatus and administrative boundaries, the Prime Minister said that he had assigned the Ministry of Finance to guide this process. However, he emphasized the proactive and creative role of Party committees and local authorities. “As long as there is no corruption, no waste, and no negativity, there are many ways to suit the specific conditions of each place, because the law cannot cover all aspects of life”, the Prime Minister stated.
– 20:11 05/23/2025
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