If everything stays on track, the new setup could start test runs as early as June 15, said Politburo member and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen.

The Ministry of Construction was asked to promptly review, streamline, and simplify 361 administrative procedures related to production and business activities, along with 447 business conditions under its jurisdiction, while ensuring a 30% reduction in administrative processing time, compliance costs, and business conditions by 2025.

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

The northern port city of Hai Phong has secured the top position in the 2024 Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) for the first time, with a score of 74.84.

The direction is under the newly-issued Prime Minister's Directive 09/CT-TTg on the tasks and solutions of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to contribute to the Government’s double-digit economic growth target.

Deputy PM Ho Duc Phoc emphasised that the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies must be stable and that the reorganisation of its apparatus must be consistent with the current process in other administrative units.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has been tasked with collaborating with relevant agencies, to ensure the completion of electronic identification accounts for organizations, enabling all enterprises to carry out administrative procedures electronically starting July 1, 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed the Ministry of Public Security to work alongside ministries and sectors to finalise the development of specialised databases aimed at enhancing the quality of online public services.

In his March 9 official dispatch, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged ministries, agencies, and localities to focus on thoroughly reviewing, reducing, and simplifying regulations and administrative procedures related to investment, production, business activities, and citizens' daily lives.

During a recent working session with representatives of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Policies and Strategies, Party General Secretary To Lam urged greater efforts to position Vietnam's investment environment among the top three in ASEAN within the next two to three years.

Vietnam is prioritising the development of virtual assistants to facilitate administrative procedures towards a people-centered approach and enhanced transparency, according to leaders from the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Lawmakers continue their debate on the draft Law on Public Investment (amended) as part of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s ongoing eighth session in Hanoi on November 6.

Good performances in the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), green index, and investment attraction show that the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has continuously made efforts to improve the investment and business environment, and to reform administrative procedures towards pursuing the goal of green and sustainable development.

The northern province of Quang Ninh attracted 1.56 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in the first seven months of this year, ranking second nationwide in terms of FDI.

The disbursement of public investment funded by foreign sources in localities is relatively low at present, requiring solutions to difficulties facing each project, an official of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said on May 21.

Better investment climate, with simplified administrative producers and special incentives, has helped improve investor confidence, thus catalysing investments from a wider pool of both domestic and international investors for socio-economic development.

The issuance of judicial record certificates via the VNeID app has been tested in Hanoi and the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 22.

The Land Law (revised) passed in January by the National Assembly (NA) is a huge step forward that demonstrates the attention of the Party, the State, the Government, and the NA in protecting the rights of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and Vietnamese citizens residing abroad, according to Dr. Phan Bich Thien, member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Chairwoman of the Vietnamese Women's Association in Hungary.

Vietnam’s rosy economic prospects have helped consolidate the confidence of foreign firms in the country, as reflected through their investment of 6.17 billion USD in the first quarter of this year, up 13.4% year-on-year.

Efforts to digitalise administrative procedures and promote digital transformation in Hanoi have recorded significant progress, from awareness to action in sectors, agencies, and units, contributing to creating new motivations for the capital city’s civilised and modern development in all aspects.