Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to better its law making, with the focus on the draft laws on the organisation of the government and on local government organisation.

The PM made the request at the ministry’s conference in Hanoi on December 9 to review operations in 2014 and put forth tasks for 2015.

He urged the ministry to speed up administrative reform with consideration of the renovation of administrative procedures as a core task in the following year, and intensify information technology (IT) application in paperwork in order to save time and personnel.

The sector was also requested to maintain and then reduce the number of public servants, while improving their working capacity.

The ministry’s report delivered at the conference showed that this year, administrative reform has seen positive progress, with the application of IT in public servant examinations and management.

In addition to the tasks as demanded by the Government leader, the ministry will also step up measures to prevent corruption and wastefulness and practise thrift.-VNA