On 22rd May 2013, the Prime Minister issued Directive No. 07/CT-TTg on promoting comprehensive program of administrative reform period 2011-2020.
Under the Directive, to achieve the
goal of promoting the implementation of the overall program of administrative
reform in the period of 2011 - 2020: The head of state administration
agencies shall be responsible for implementation effect of the overall
administrative reform program 2011 - 2020, ensuring the quality of the
administrative reform annual plan; defining the specific results to be achieved
and linking these tasks implementation to individuals’, agencies’ and units’ responsibilities,
ensuring human resources; enhancing the inspection and evaluation seriously,
honestly, objectively the results of administrative reform as requirements of
the Home Affairs Ministry.
The annual results on administrative
reform of ministerial-level agencies,
government-attached agencies and People's Committees at all levels is an
important proof for assessing the completion of tasks, leadership capacity,
operating and responsibilities of the head of state administrative agencies.
According to this Directive, to
basically reform the process of promulgating, developing legal documents and
further improving the quality of construction and issuing institutions to
ensure the feasibility, the Ministry of Justice has the responsibilities:
- To coordinate with the Ministry of
Planning and Investment and other related ministries, agencies to build the
draft Government Decree on amending and supplementing a number of articles of
Decree No. 24/2009/ND-CP of the Government dated 05/3/2009 detailing and
showing enforcement measures of the Law on Promulgation of legal normative
documents (after the National Assembly passed the Law on Promulgation of legal
normative documents as incorporated). This draft would be established in the
direction of adding more provisions on impact assessment of: (1) legal
documents of the Prime Minister, ministers, heads of ministerial-level
agencies, People's Councils, People's Committees; (2) other government legal
documents of the Prime Minister, ministers, heads of ministerial-level
agencies, People's Councils, People's Committees which have mechanisms and
policies; could set the quality control mechanism system for the impact
assessment of legal documents and (3) other legal documents which have
mechanisms and policies issued or jointly issued by the Government, the Prime
Minister, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, People's Council,
People's Committee or submitting for issuance.
- To quickly build and submit to
Government the Bill on issuance of administrative decisions to overcome the
limitations of the promulgation and enforcement of current administrative
decisions; to build and submit to Government the pilot scheme on centralized
control mechanism of the issuance of the circular, joint circular in fields which
are directly related to the rights and interests of individuals and
organizations.
The ministries, ministerial-level
agencies, government-attached agencies and People's Committees boost the
administrative reform procedures; continue to review and simplify the public
administration procedures in all fields in accordance with the Government's
administrative control procedures; comply with the settlement effective
administrative procedures under the mechanism of “one door”, “one-stop shop”,
“modern one-stop shop”. The Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the
administrative reform advisory council and the ministries, ministerial-level
agencies, government-attached agencies and People's Committees of provinces and
cities, annually or irregularly proposes to the Government, Prime Minister's
administrative reform initiatives and proposals to improve the business
environment; submit social problems which are more urgent to the Prime Minister
for timely handling.