Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 22 signed an official dispatch, ordering ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of centrally-run cities and provinces to expedite the simplification of administrative procedures.

Administrative processes must be handled with transparency, digitalisation, automation through the integration of AI and big data, according to the official dispatch.

The Government leader asked competent sides to complete the update and publication of the remaining administrative procedures, business conditions, and compliance costs on the national database before June 10.

Key targets for 2025 include a minimum 30% reduction in administrative processing time, compliance costs, and business conditions.

The official dispatch lays stress on an immediate review of procedures related to production and business activities, ensuring sustained reduction in subsequent years.

He called for the removal of administrative barriers, the “asking – giving” mechanism, as well as the mindset of banning what could not be controlled. People and businesses are free to engage in all activities that are not prohibited by law.

Administrative processes must be handled with transparency, digitalisation, automation through the integration of AI and big data, especially those in business registration and dissolution, land use, planning, investment, construction, taxation, customs, and insurance.

All internal administrative procedures are to be reviewed and revised in accordance with new legal frameworks on decentralisation, delegation, and streamlined apparatus towards a two-tier local administration model.

PM Chinh requested that 100% of administrative procedures related to businesses must be conducted online, highlighting they must be operated seamlessly, effectively, transparently. Additionally, administrative services should not be restricted by boundaries within provinces right from this year.

Competent sides must submit progress reports, integrated into monthly administrative reform updates, by the 25th day of each month.

The Government’s Office is tasked with keeping close tabs on the implementation of the official dispatch and promptly reporting to the Prime Minister any issues beyond its authority.

Proposed names for 34 provincial-level administrative units after mergers

On behalf of the Party Central Committee, on 12 April 2025, Party General Secretary To Lam signed and issued Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of the 11th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee. The Central Committee agreed on a policy to restructure provincial-level administrative units across the country, reducing the total to 34 units, comprising 28 provinces and 6 centrally governed cities.

 

Overview of Bac Giang - Proposed political - administrative hub after merging with Bac Ninh

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Expected names of 34 provincial-level administrative units

General Secretary To Lam signed Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of the 11th meeting of the 13th Party Central Committee on April 12, 2025, on restructuring the country’s provincial-level administrative units to 34 in total, including 28 provinces and six centrally-run cities.

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Bac Giang fosters administrative reform to attract giant, high-tech projects

BAC GIANG- On April 2, member of the provincial Party Committee’s Standing Board and Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thinh chaired a working session with the provincial Industrial Zones Authority on implementation of tasks in the first 3 months and the key tasks until the end of 2025.

Bac Giang smoothly handles administrative procedures after apparatus arrangement

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