Vietnam, Laos share experience in managing local administrations

A workshop to share experience of Vietnam and Laos in management of public servants and local administrations was jointly held by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) of the two countries in Hanoi on July 10.
Vietnam, Laos share experience in managing local administrations ảnh 1At the workshop (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - A workshop to share experience of Vietnam and Laos inmanagement of public servants and local administrations was jointly held by theMinistry of Home Affairs (MoHA) of the two countries in Hanoi on July 10.

Addressing the event, Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan said thisis one of the key administrative reforms in Vietnam and Laos.

Recently,the Vietnamese Government has assigned the MoHA to conduct research to amendand supplement a number of articles of the Lawon Cadres and Civil Servants 2010 and a number of important issues inthe Law on Organisation of Local Administrations 2015.

The event offered a good chance for the two ministries toshare experience in building legal documents, methods of managing officials andlocal administrations; and training to improve management capacity for publicservants at all levels.

Accordingto Lao Minister of Home Affairs KhammanhSounvileuth, the work has been improved in his country, facilitating all-levelauthorities in planning, managing over the past time.

Participants exchanged ideas and discussed issues related to civil servants andofficials; methods to assess cadres, civil servants and officials; and organizationof local administrations.

Head of the civil servant management department under the Lao Ministry of Home AffairsSunvany Lathanavong said his country currently has over 184,000 cadres andcivil servants but it does not have a clear distinction between officials andpublic servants.

Laos wants to learn from Vietnam’s experience in the field, he added.

Head of the Department of Local Administration under Vietnam’s MoHA Phan Van Hung said theNational Assembly and the Government have devised many solutions such as personnelstreamlining, restructuring the contingent of cadres, civil servants andofficials; and strengthening administrative reforms and reforming autonomymechanism for publicnon-business units.-VNA
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