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.

Prime Minister has ordered ministries, agencies and provincial-level People’s Committees to prepare infrastructure and fulfill cyber security conditions to connect national databases, and use data for the implementation of online public services by December.

The current constitutional defense mechanism has revealed many limitations, making it operate irregularly with low quality and effect. The principle of ensuring the Constitution’s supremacy in the law-ruled state has not been fully realized due to the existence of unconstitutional legal documents and acts. This article analyzes requirements and gives some recommendations for strengthening this mechanism.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong urged breakthrough changes in corrupt asset evaluation and recovery in 2022, as he chaired the 21^st meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption on Thursday in Hanoi.

By 2025, the average housing floor area per person will reach 27 square meters with 28 square meters in urban areas and 26 square meters in rural areas.

On November 3, the National Conference to implement Politburo Conclusion 19/KL-TW on orientations for the lawmaking program of the 15th Legislature was held online. Talking to the Vietnam National Assembly Television Channel just before the conference, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung makes it clear about the contents of Conclusion 19 as well as the Scheme on orientations for the legislative program of the 15th National Assembly.

By 2030, Vietnam will be ranked among top 30 countries in the world in terms of the business environment, according to the Government Resolution 76/NQ-CP, promulgating the general program on state administrative reform for the 2021-30 period.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on June 17 introduced a Code of Conduct on social networks with a view to creating a safe and sound cyber environment in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, surveillance of assets and income of office-holders is a measure taken by the State to monitor the quantity, origin of and changes to assets and income, thus detecting and preventing office-holders from taking advantages of their positions and powers to commit corrupt acts. However, the current law does not contain specific provisions on monitoring assets and income of officials and civil servants working in professions directly related to wildlife trade. This situation poses an urgent requirement for improvement of institutions on monitoring assets and income of officials and civil servants in general, and officials and civil servants performing the task of preventing and fighting illegal wildlife trade in particular.

Publicity and transparency in organization and operation of agencies, organizations and units constitute one of the most important anti-corruption measures to help citizens as well as the whole society participate in monitoring the exercise of public power.