A directive issued by the Prime Minister on 19/4 stated that the comprehensive review aims to comprehensively improve the institutional framework and thoroughly address overlapping, conflicting, and unclear regulations that generate social costs.
The Prime Minister requested continued reduction of business investment conditions, administrative procedures, and compliance costs by shifting from pre-inspection to post-inspection, and from management to fostering development. The goal is to maximize convenience for people and businesses, contributing to double-digit growth.
The review results must recommend improving the structure of the legal system, ensuring simplicity, uniformity, consistency, and feasibility, meeting new development requirements, and unlocking resources.
Government leaders assigned ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and provincial chairpersons to establish task forces and mobilize highly specialized officials to participate in the review. The opinions of people, businesses, experts, and those directly implementing the law must be valued.
Ministries, sectors, and localities must prioritize resources and enhance the application of digital technology and artificial intelligence to support the review process. During implementation, units must specify each document and clause requiring action, along with plans for amendment, supplementation, replacement, or abolition, clearly identifying the lead agency and completion deadline.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Justice to monitor and synthesize review results, and the Ministry of Finance to guide budget estimation. The Ministry of Science and Technology is responsible for guiding and deploying the application of digital technology and artificial intelligence to support the review before 30/4.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Vietnam Lawyers' Association, and other organizations and associations are mobilized to provide expert feedback and propose solutions to improve the legal system.
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Officials processing administrative procedures for citizens at Thu Duc ward Public Administration Center, Ho Chi Minh City, 7/2025. *Photo: Quynh Tran*
Previously, in his inaugural speech on 7/4, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung identified one of five priorities as improving institutions, reviewing and amending legal regulations, maximizing the reduction of administrative procedures, removing bottlenecks, unlocking resources, and building a lean, effective apparatus.
On 13/4, the Prime Minister requested ministries to submit plans for reducing administrative procedures and business conditions before 20/4; the final plan will be approved by the Government in 4/2026 after review.
Currently, the country has 198 conditional business lines with 4,603 business conditions. According to Conclusion 18 of the Central Committee, ministries and sectors must reduce 30% of conditional business lines, equivalent to about 60 lines, while eliminating unnecessary conditions.
Additionally, management agencies must reduce 50% of the implementation time and compliance costs for administrative procedures; promote decentralization, ensuring that ministries directly implement no more than 30% of the total administrative procedures under their management.
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