Access to local land use plans remains limited on a national scale despite the provisions of the 2013 Land Law and the 2016 Law on Access to Information which mandate the posting of local land use master plans and annual land use plans for public view in various forms, including on digital platforms. According to the 2021 PAPI survey, only one-fifth of respondents nationwide said they were aware of local land use plans since 2011.

After 19 sitting days, the third session of the 15th National Assembly has finished a great workload with high consensus, and decided on many important issues not only for 2022 but the whole 2021-25 period and subsequent years.

This article is the second excerpt from the 2021 Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report. It presents key findings from the 2021 PAPI citizen surveys on how local governments performed in delivering on their mandates and public services across the eight PAPI dimensions.

The Prime Minister has recently approved the Scheme on organization of public communication about policies with great impacts on the society in the process of formulating legal documents for the 2022-27 period. Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine has an interview with Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh about the Scheme.

Vietnamese overseas associations play an important role in disseminating the policies and lines of the Communist Party of Vietnam as well as the policies and laws of the Vietnamese State, thereby consolidating the national solidarity bloc and helping further enhance the Party’s external-relation activities in the cause of “doi moi” (renewal). They serve as an important bridge to boost the friendly relationships between Vietnam and other countries in the world.

The 2021 Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) Report, released on May 10, shows improvements in basic infrastructure as citizens experienced better roads, water supply and sanitation, while many respondents reported less crime as lockdowns and travel restrictions may have helped improve law and order. There were, however, gaps in the national pandemic response with increasing governance challenges, concerning shifts in indicators tied to COVID-19, and a deterioration in household economic confidence.

Since early 2020, the complicated situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the nation’s economy as well as many aspects of life and society. To address this, from April 2020 to July 2021, the Government rolled out several fiscal and monetary policies to help stabilize the national economy and ensure social security for the people.

One of the strategic breakthrough issues identified by the 13th National Party Congress is the strong development of science, technology and innovation. Currently, in the context of safe, flexible adaptation to and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to continue to make institutional breakthroughs for development of science, technology and innovation to create leapfrog changes in labor productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness, meeting the requirements of growth model renewal and economic recovery and development.

April 30, 1975, started a new era of Vietnam – that of independence and socialism for the whole country with the liberation of the south and the reunification of the nation.

Accelerating the digital transformation in the court system and building e-courts are regarded as present urgent tasks which need to be concretized for early completion. They will bring an opportunity for Vietnam’s court system to consolidate the people’s trust in justice and improve its operational efficiency to meet requirements set forth in the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress.