One of the basic requirements that the Resolution sets out is to improve the efficiency of law enforcement organization, build criteria for evaluating legal documents after promulgation, and ensure the shift in thinking to evaluate legal effectiveness from "good in documents" to "good in life".
That message is not new, but this time it is more urgent than ever.
For many years, Vietnam has not lacked reform policies. But in reality, businesses and people still have to "go through a labyrinth" of procedures. An investment project may take years just to complete land, planning, and construction steps. A small business takes months to get enough permits.
The problem is no longer in the lack of policies, but in the gap between policies and implementation. Many regulations are still overlapping, contradictory, and even "ripping off" each other. Compliance costs therefore become a burden, reducing the competitiveness of the economy. When procedures become barriers, all efforts to improve the investment environment will be difficult to achieve substantial efficiency.
This time's requirement is very clear: "Maximum reduction", "substantial reform". The issue here cannot just be shortening a few days of processing or merging forms. Substantive reform must start from reviewing all business conditions, removing unnecessary, unclear, and "asking - giving" regulations.
As Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung said when working with some ministries and sectors: "Ministers must review carefully, ensure publicity and transparency, "resolutely do not cut this place but put it in another place". At the same time, decentralization must take local opinions, avoiding the situation of imposition leading to infeasibility when implemented.
Vietnam sets a "double-digit" growth target in the coming period. To achieve this goal, in addition to capital, technology, and market factors, administrative reform is a fast and effective "lever".
No major resources are needed, but if time and costs for businesses are reduced, the efficiency is very large. A simplified procedure can help businesses save money weekly, even monthly. A reasonable regulation can retain investors.
The trust of businesses and people is the most important "capital". And that trust is only obtained when the administrative environment is truly open and transparent.
