The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has built a project on raising the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) for 2016-2020 and devised new policies to improve its competitiveness.
Ho Chi Minh City has begun the implementation of far-reaching programmes to push up the Provincial Governance and Public Administration Index (PAPI) and Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
In the last ten years, a meagre 10 percent of assets worth of 60 trillion VND (approximately 2.65 billion USD) involved in nearly 1,900 corruption cases have been recovered.
HCM City will undertake strong measures to enhance its Provincial Governance and Public Administration Index (PAPI) after the city dropped to the 47th place out of 63 provinces and cities in 2015.
Public service delivery in Vietnam has seen improvement in 2016 with a jump in the proportion of citizens with health insurance from 62 percent in 2015 to 73 percent last year.
Findings from the 2017 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report, which was released in Hanoi on April 4, showed a significant turnaround in citizens’ perceptions and experiences in corruption in the public sector.
PAPI is a policy monitoring tool that assesses citizens’ experience and satisfaction with government performance in governance, public administration and public service delivery.
Vietnamese citizens had greater satisfaction rates with most basic public services thanks to the substantial improvements in provincial and local government performance, the 2018 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) revealed.