Ministries’ administrative reform efforts found wanting: Gov’ inspectorsA Government-led inspection working group found ministries have made poor progress in cutting red tape, despite being pressed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Mai Tien Dung, Chairman of Government Office, spoke at May 30 meeting reviewing administrative reforms efforts by ministries and State agencies. “Those ministries that have talked of plans to cut red tape, it must be clear when they will implement the changes. Only nine ministries have achieved a red tape cut rate above 50 per cent (commerce, transport, education, labour, finance, justice, culture and tourism, construction and health). In reality, the same number of goods and products would still have to go through the same steps of inspection or meet business requirements as before, with no changes to speak of.

Source: VietNamNet News May 31, 2018 04:07 UTC