Measurement of admin procedure reform needed: Experts
Criteria to measure the efficiency of the administrative procedure reform must be set up to improve business climate, experts said at a conference held by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19.
HCM City (VNA) – Criteria to measure the efficiency of theadministrative procedure reform must be set up to improve business climate,experts said at a conference held by the Central Institute for EconomicManagement (CIEM) in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19.
CIEM Vice President Phan Duc Hieu stated that although administrative reformhas brought back positive results to the country in recent years, there shouldbe specific criteria to evaluate its impact on businesses like time and costsavings.
The evaluation must be carried out by an independent organisation, he noted.
Nguyen Minh Thao, head of the CIEM’s Business Environment and CompetitivenessDepartment, underlined that the Government’s drastic measures to slash down thenumber of administrative procedures and amend regulations on management andinspection have made contributions to the enterprises’ business performance.
However, the achievements are still below the Government’s target to elevateVietnamese business environment to ASEAN’s top four, she noted, adding thatimprovement in business climate have been uneven across ministries, branchesand localities.
Experts at the event stressed that the compulsory application of informationand technology in providing public administrative services must be put at thefirst line of solutions to bettering business climate. Meanwhile, most of thepublic services involving citizens and businesses should be launched at level 3and level 4 which allow online payments and applications.
The efficiency of the administrative procedure reform must be measured based onlevel of investor protection, level of access to resources and index of GlobalEntrepreneurship Monitor.-VNA
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At the conference (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) 
