Teleconference: Administrative reform steps up economic recovery
Hanoi (VNA) – A teleconference
was held in Hanoi on May 26 to discuss policy and mechanism reform to step up
business recovery following COVID-19.
The event was co-organised by the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council for Administrative Procedure Reform, the Vietnam Association of Small- and
Medium-sized Enterprises, the US Agency for International Development via the Linkages
for Small and Medium Enterprises (LinkSME) project.
Speaking at the event, Minister and Chairman of the Government
Office Mai Tien Dung said the Prime Minister has directed a number of measures
to tackle difficulties for production and trade, ensure food security and
social welfare, step up public investment disbursement while cutting
administrative procedures and specialised inspection procedures, in response to
COVID-19.
He added that after five months of operation, the national
public services portal has supplied 408 online public services, recorded more
than 39 million visits and 150,000 accounts, processed nearly 85,000 files and
received about 6,000 feedback from the public and businesses.
Since May 12, it has supplied additional six public
services to the public.
According to him, the Government has issued resolutions and
decrees to simplify procedures related to business during 2020-2025 and process
administrative procedures online.
Dung said although Vietnam’s economic growth is predicted to
stand only at 2.7-4.9 percent this year due to COVID-19 impact, international
organisations said Vietnam is among a few countries to achieve positive growth
and suffer less impact from the pandemic than other countries.
Participants were introduced about the Government’s Resolution
No.68/NQ-CP on the promulgation of a programme on the reduction and
simplification of provisions related to business activities during the 2020-2025 period.
Accordingly, Vietnam strives to cut and simplify 20 percent of regulations and 20 percent of
costs related to business activities by 2025.
Representatives from the Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Planning and Investment,
the Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Vietnam updated the process to
receive the Government’s support package to ease difficulties caused by
COVID-19 in the fields of social welfare, finance and banking./.