The provincial People's Committee on October 8 held a conference to sum up the 2023 administrative reform emulation movement and award winners of the online contest on learning about administrative reform work in Hoa Binh in 2024, under the chair of Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Chuong, who is deputy head of the provincial Steering Committee on Administrative Reform, and head of the contest’s organising board.


Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Chuong awards certificates of merit from the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee to collectives with outstanding achievements in administrative reform work in 2023.

Last year, the province's administrative procedure reform reached 12.99 out of 13 points, or 99.93%, 5.85% higher than that in 2022, making it rank first out of the 63 provinces and cities. Its direction and administration work hit 9.5 out of 9.5 points, or 100%, 10.77% higher than that in the previous year, making it rank first out of the 63 provinces and cities. Hoa Binh ranked fourth out of the 63 provinces and cities in terms of organisational apparatus reform, gaining 9.94 out of 10.5 points, equivalent to 94.66%, 2.21% higher than that in 2022.

Meanwhile, the online contest 96,657 entries from 8am on August 5 to 9pm on September 1. Of the total, 2,892 people answered all 10 questions correctly.

Speaking at the conference, Chuong emphasised that in recent years, the city has paid due attention to administrative reform work, and identified it as a key task, and a breakthrough in implementing political tasks in each agency, unit and locality.

He requested agencies, units, and localities to continue leading, directing, and effectively and timely implementing administrative reform tasks in 2024; improving the responsibility of heads of state administrative agencies in the province; focusing on solutions to improve the Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index, Satisfaction Index of Public Administration Services (SIPAS), Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) in 2024. He also stressed the need to tighten administrative discipline, improve the quality of public service ethics, continue to research and organise relevant competitions, and study to propose new solutions on administrative reform to improve the effectiveness of direction and administration.

At the event, the provincial People's Committee awarded certificates of merit from its Chairman to eight collectives and 11 individuals with outstanding achievements in administrative reform work in 2023. The contest’s organising board also presented certificates of merit to five collectives with outstanding achievements in holding the contest, along with four first, four second, eight third, and eight consolation prizes, and one individual prize with the closest and fastest vote in the contest.

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