One-door rules now apply across country
HA NOI — Regulations for one-door administrative management, already tested in some cities and provinces, have been approved for use throughout Viet Nam by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.
The regulations – to become effective in 15 days from their publication – are designed to: Reduce cumbersome procedures; Combat corruption and any authoritarian attitudes among State officials and employees; and Further improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the country’s administrative system.
The regulations are part of the effort to substantially change State governance for the better and will affect relations between State administrative offices and the way in which they deal with either organisations or individuals.
The one-door mechanism applies to all the activities of central, provincial and municipal administrative offices. It includes having applications and documents from either organisations and individuals dealt with by a single administrative entity.
The new regulations require that all administrative procedures, fees and time tables are simple, clear, transparent and convenient for all.
Provincial and municipal administrations are to observe the one-door mechanism when assessing all domestic and foreign investment projects, approving the local budget for capital construction, and licensing either production or business enterprises.
They are also authorised to issue permits for the building of houses and certificates for house ownership and land-use rights and leasing as well as handling social policy-related matters.
Urban, rural district and provincial town administrative offices will license household-based production and business enterprises, issue permits for housing construction, certificates for house ownership and land-use rights; residency registration, notary work and other such social affairs.
Administrative offices of rural communes, urban wards and district towns will deal with affairs relating to housing construction, housing and land use, residency registration and notary work. — VNS
