Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 14 asked the Ministry ofConstruction to cut the time needed for undertaking administrativeprocedures on construction investment by at least one third by 2015.
He also asked the ministry to promptly come up with a concrete actionplan to realise his request during his working session with the ministryofficials in Hanoi on August 14.
Minister Trinh Dinh Dungreported that it take businesses 260 - 280 days to complete about 15procedures or groups of procedures on investing in State budget-fundedprojects in the field.
Meanwhile, there are 19 procedures orgroups of procedures that those investing in non-State projects have tofinalise in between 392 - 447 days, he added.
According to areport by the World Bank on Vietnam’s business environment in 2013, thecountry ranked 28th among 185 countries and territories in terms ofconstruction licensing, climbing by 39 places compared to the 2012position.
The construction-related index was also the highest among 11 indices on Vietnam provided by the report.
PMDung said the sector has made a considerable effort to achieve such anoutcome, yet it can make even greater strides since the actualsettlement of procedures is still long and lacks of transparency.
Thoseflaws have made project expenses increase, impacting the effectivenessof the overall economy as well as the national competitiveness, henoted.
At the session, the leader also asked the ministry topromptly implement the construction of social housing for low-incomepeople and policy beneficiaries and pay heed to restructuring groups andcorporations under its management.
In July, the Cabinet leaderalso ordered officials of the general departments of taxation andcustoms to simplify procedures in their fields as part of efforts tostrongly improve the national business climate and competitiveness.-VNA
He also asked the ministry to promptly come up with a concrete actionplan to realise his request during his working session with the ministryofficials in Hanoi on August 14.
Minister Trinh Dinh Dungreported that it take businesses 260 - 280 days to complete about 15procedures or groups of procedures on investing in State budget-fundedprojects in the field.
Meanwhile, there are 19 procedures orgroups of procedures that those investing in non-State projects have tofinalise in between 392 - 447 days, he added.
According to areport by the World Bank on Vietnam’s business environment in 2013, thecountry ranked 28th among 185 countries and territories in terms ofconstruction licensing, climbing by 39 places compared to the 2012position.
The construction-related index was also the highest among 11 indices on Vietnam provided by the report.
PMDung said the sector has made a considerable effort to achieve such anoutcome, yet it can make even greater strides since the actualsettlement of procedures is still long and lacks of transparency.
Thoseflaws have made project expenses increase, impacting the effectivenessof the overall economy as well as the national competitiveness, henoted.
At the session, the leader also asked the ministry topromptly implement the construction of social housing for low-incomepeople and policy beneficiaries and pay heed to restructuring groups andcorporations under its management.
In July, the Cabinet leaderalso ordered officials of the general departments of taxation andcustoms to simplify procedures in their fields as part of efforts tostrongly improve the national business climate and competitiveness.-VNA
