Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested relevant ministries, agencies and localities to  handle shortcomings and obstacles facing people and businesses, particularly those relating to administrative procedures, to promote production and trade.

Chairing the Government’s Steering Committee for Administrative Reform's 8th meeting in Hanoi on July 15, the PM also asked to accelerate the review of regulations and remove obstacles relating to mechanisms and policies to mobilize both domestic and foreign sources for development.

The Government leader also pointed to the need to speed up digital transformation and build digital government and digital society; and promote non-cash payment in all fields.

The People’s Committees of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Binh Duong and Quang Ninh provinces were asked to pilot the one-level public administrative service center model according to the one-stop-shop model from September 2024, with its outcomes to be reviewed in 2025.

Ministries, agencies, and localities need to complete public investment allocation within this month to reach the yearly disbursement rate of over 95%, the PM said.

According to the steering committee, in the first half of this year, up to 2,870 documents were issued to serve administrative reform, and 168 business conditions, along with 247 administrative procedures either reduced or simplified.

The number of ministry-level public administrative units was cut by 33, and personnel at ministries, agencies and localities downsized by 3,853.