Vietnam and Cambodia on November 9 issued a joint statement on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s two-day official visit to Cambodia, affirming the resolve to further consolidate and develop their friendship and cooperation in an increasingly substantive and effective manner.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) is collecting opinions on a new law which would amend a number of articles of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants (2008) and the Law on Public Employees (2010).

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and the high-ranking delegation arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia on January 14 to attend the 27th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-27) from January 14-16.

Many provincial departments could be consolidated or merged in keeping with the Government’s determination to streamline the administrative apparatus, according to a draft decree unveiled this month by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA).

Some provincial departments might be merged in keeping with the Government’s commitment to streamline its notoriously clunky and bloated bureaucracy, according to a new draft resolution circulated by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Prime Minister on March 31 issued Decision No. 515/QD-TTg, approving a plan on measures to ensure gender equality towards female employees during 2016-20.

The Public Administration Reform Master Plan (2001-10) as it approaches its finalization has been subject of praise and commentary, as well as been reviewed and evaluated.

The move towards political and administrative reform in the region of Southeast and East Asia unfolded in two waves, in the late 1980s as part of a large-scale democratization movement in the region and in late 1997 as a result of the financial crisis that erupted and spread within the region.