HCM City’s construction sector announces procedures to provide online public services
Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Construction in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications on October 4 announced administrative procedures to provide online public services with a view to encouraging local people, organisations and businesses to go online for the settlement of administrative procedures.
Director of the Department of Construction Tran Hoang Quan. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Construction incollaboration with the Department of Information and Communications on October4 announced administrative procedures toprovide online public services with a view to encouraging local people,organisations and businesses to go online for the settlement of administrativeprocedures.
Director of the Department of Construction Tran Hoang Quan said the application ofonline public services is part of the efforts to deliver on the city’s digitaltransformation programme in 2023, describing it an important tool to supportstate agencies to handle procedures in a more convenient fashion, whilepromoting transparency of administrative procedures, helping bolster the city's socio-economic development.
Stakeholdersare now able to carry out necessary administrative procedures without visiting government offices, helping save time and travelling costs, he said, addingthey can keep track on their dossiers’ status as well.
During the January – September period, the Department of Construction received 13,276 dossiers,12,467 of which were handled, while 809 in the process of settlement.
The department is providing online services for 22 administrative procedures at//dichvucong.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/vi/.
Of the total, 17 administrative procedures are conducted fully online, coveringthe fields of building materials, construction activities, and constructiontesting. Meanwhile, five others in technical infrastructure, realty business,building material testing are made partially online.
Stakeholders should contact hotline 028.39.329.575 for further instruction.
HCM City targets all of its administrative procedures made online by the end ofthis year. Accordingly, the city will work to complete the digitalisation forsettlement of administrative procedures, including instructions for receivingdossiers, handling dossiers and returning results, digital signatures, payments,and evaluation on users’ satisfaction./.
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Director of the Department of Construction Tran Hoang Quan. (Photo: VNA) 
