Nearly three weeks into its launch, Vietnam's new two-tier local governance model is enhancing public administration, with Hanoi, for example, seeing streamlined structures, reduced redundancies, and more direct engagement between local authorities and residents.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested a focus on implementing relevant resolutions and conclusions on the restructuring of the political system’s organisational apparatus and the reorganisation of administrative units.

Hanoi authorities have sketched out a project piloting a public administrative service centre as part of the efforts to create breakthroughs in administrative reform and raise the capital city’s competitiveness and public satisfaction.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested the northeastern province of Quang Ninh devise a strategy to develop tourism as its spearhead economic sector, especially in the remaining months of this year and during the new tenure of the provincial Party Organisation.