The Government on October 23 issued a decree regulating electronic transactions of state agencies and information systems supporting these transactions.

The 13th-tenure Party Central Committee (PCC) held a meeting in Hanoi on August 16 to discuss personnel affairs.

The measurement of public satisfaction on State services aims to objectively assess the quality of State administrative agencies’ services and their provision. It is based on five criteria: access to services, administrative procedures, civil servants, service outcomes and complaint settlement.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved a public service workforce plan for 2021.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a dispatch to heads of ministries, sectors as well as central agencies, organisations, provinces and centrally-run cities on the suspension of entertainment activities during the two-day national mourning for former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Le Kha Phieu on August 14-15.

Administrative procedures conducted online have the same legal validity as other forms, according to the Prime Minister’s Decree No 45/2020/ND-CP.

The Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department of Child Affairs signed a cooperation plan regarding child protection on the internet in Hanoi on March 5.

Civil servants, public employees and members of the armed forces will be likely to enjoy a new basic salary from July 1, 2020.

A national plan is scheduled to be issued this year so as to serve as a basis to engage state agencies, businesses and individuals in digital transformation – a leading factor in growth facilitation and digital economy development.

Ho Chi Minh City aims to have at least 80 percent of residents satisfied with administrative procedures and staff by 2020, according to Nguyen Thien Nhan, secretary of the HCM City Party's Committee.

A perfect public-private partnership (PPP) model should harmonise the interests of State agencies, investors, beneficiaries and those affected by the project, an official of Ho Chi Minh City has said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on a new national public service portal, with people and businesses the centre of these services.

State agencies have provided more online administrative procedures and used social networks to interact with businesses and citizens, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vo Tan Thanh said at a recent seminar in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hanoi’s State agencies have made 9,000 employees redundant so far this year.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities pledged to continue to provide assistance to information technology, electronics and telecommunication (ICT) companies at a meeting held in the city on September 18.

State agencies removed 39,823 officials from the pay list from 2015 to August 2018, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ spokesperson Vu Dang Minh.

The Transport Ministry wants to transfer some administrative services to private enterprises and organisations, and has been developing a plan to achieve this.

Authorities of Jakarta capital city of Indonesia will adjust working hours of local offices during time of the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18) to ensure safe travelling of athletes.

The e-Government would help fight corruption, push administrative reform and improve investment environment, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Party members and the public nationwide have expressed their high expectations for specific decisions and drastic measures on personnel work during the ongoing seventh plenary session of the 12th tenure Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.