A seminar on Japan’s experiences in public management was held on September 7 in Hanoi with the participation of managers and researchers from the two countries.

The seminar, jointly held by the Vietnam Academy for Social Sciences and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), talked about issues including national management trends in a globalisation context, international cooperation in public management, modernisation of public finance, public investment, and central and local hierarchies in public management.

Prof. Yoshiharu Tsuboi, senior expert of JICA, said that Japan would share experiences with Vietnam in regulations for public servants, state management, a transparent system for public capital and international cooperation in policing and the judicial sector.

Prof. Muneyuki Shindo said that Vietnam should have an agency for appraising the State’s investment projects, applying a common bidding form and increasing the participation of independenet experts and the public in drafting public projects. The government should also empower local administrators to supervise these works./.