LookAtVietnam – The Chairmen of Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang, Lang Son, Dak Nong and Dong Thap provinces have been reprimanded for lateness in indentifying procedures.

Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung had instructed provinces to complete the survey before September 30, 2009. They also were supposed to declare and upload these procedures to the Internet.

Project 30 is a Government-wide initiative to simplify administrative procedures that affect businesses and the general public. There are three main evaluation criteria: legality, necessity and rationality.

The project will create the first ever national-scale centralised database of all administrative procedures at all government levels, which will be accessible to the public via the Internet.

During the first phase of Project 30 (January 2007 to March 2008), an inventory was made of all administrative procedures at all government levels. The project is supervised by a Government Special Task Force led by the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. There are 84 subordinate working groups in 21 ministries, two independent agencies and 61 provinces and cities.

The Project 30 website was launched in December 2008 (www.thutuchanhchinh.vn). An English version of the site has also been available since February (www.thutuchanhchinh.vn/en).

During the second stage of Project 30 (mid-2009 to mid-2010), all procedures and related documents will be reviewed against the criteria of legality, necessity and rationality.

In the final stage, the last quarter of 2010, suggestions for simplification will be implemented and the database of procedures will be made public.

It is expected that by the end of 2010, individuals and organisations will be able to access the database to explore and research administrative procedures at all Government levels across the country, as well as printing out hard copies of forms. Previously they may have been left waiting for hours at administrative offices.

An advisory council for administrative procedure reform was formed with representatives from domestic and foreign associations, research institutes and enterprises, to speak on behalf of the people and enterprises in the reform process.

VietNamNet/Government’s website