Hai Phong is determined to build electronic government to attract investment. For 3 consecutive years, it ranked 2nd in the country in terms of administrative reform [...]
Ranking 2nd in the country for 3 consecutive years in terms of administrative reform is the most specific and clear confirmation of the efforts of the Hai Phong City government in its efforts to create a streamlined, transparent, open and modern administration. Thanks to that, Hai Phong's investment and business environment is increasingly attractive.
Administrative reform has always been identified by Hai Phong as an important solution in attracting investment and creating motivation for sustainable socio-economic development. Solutions such as cutting administrative procedures, reducing implementation time, building a one-stop shop, building an e-government model... have helped Hai Phong rank 2nd out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide in terms of administrative reform for 3 consecutive years (from 2013-2015).
Many of Hai Phong's component administrative reform indexes are ranked highest, such as implementing the "one-stop shop" and "inter-connected one-stop shop" mechanisms. 100% of departments, branches, districts, communes and wards of Hai Phong City have applied the quality management system according to ISO 9001: 2008 Standard in management activities at state administrative agencies. In particular, 100% of public administrative services under Project 30 of Hai Phong have been provided online at level 2 or higher.
Administrative reform was identified by Hong Bang district (Hai Phong city) as an important solution in attracting investment.
The implementation of building an e-government model in Hai Phong has also made new and important steps when launching the e-government model in Hong Bang and Ngo Quyen districts since May 2015. And last August, the City E-Government Project. Hai Phong has been accepted and unanimously approved by the Appraisal Council and submitted to the City People's Committee for approval.
However, many people are still not really satisfied with transparency in some areas and also complain about being inconvenienced when dealing with administrative procedures. To improve the above situation, Mr. Nguyen Dao Son, Director of Hai Phong Department of Home Affairs, said that Hai Phong People's Committee has decided to announce 1,662 administrative procedures in 18/18 fields under the jurisdiction of People's Committees at all levels. At the same time, the City issued Directive No. 06 on eliminating barriers and perfecting mechanisms and policies to improve investment efficiency, directing the implementation of decentralization in licensing for some administrative procedures. In addition, Hai Phong continues to review and simplify administrative procedures, ensuring 3 reductions: reducing paperwork, implementation time, and reducing costs.costs incurred. Focus on researching and building an e-government model and a center for handling administrative procedures.
It is known that in order to promptly grasp and make adjustments in administrative reform work, periodically every 6 months, from 2013 to present, city leaders. Hai Phong regularly organizes online dialogues with organizations, businesses and people who have problems when implementing administrative procedures.
"Defining administrative reform as both a driving force and a breakthrough solution to create an environment to attract investment and socio-economic development in the 2016-2020 period, administrative reform continues to receive more attention and promotion from the City," Mr. Le Van Thanh, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee, affirmed and added that, by 2020, the construction of the City's e-Government will be basically completed. At that time, 100% of documents and documents exchanged between state administrative agencies were done in electronic form. 100% of public services are provided online at levels 3 and 4. At that time, 100% of businesses in the City perform reporting, statistics, and tax declaration; Register and grant a business license, receive a certificate online.
What Hai Phong has done in administrative reform has made an important contribution to the attractiveness of the Port City to investors, especially large domestic and international investors such as Vingroup, Him Lam, Bitexco, LG, Bridgestone, Nipro Pharma, Fuji Xerox... The case of LG Display is an example. From the signing of the memorandum of understanding to implement the $1.5 billion project to the actual start of construction, LG Display only took exactly 1 month to complete all necessary procedures. This is also the commitment of the Chairman of the City People's Committee. Hai Phong - then Mr. Le Van Thanh sent to LG Display right at the memorandum signing ceremony and also to investors who were intending to choose Hai Phong as a destination.
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