On the morning of April 6, at the regular Government meeting in March 2025 and the Online Conference with the Government and localities, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra reported and announced the results and ranking of the 2024 administrative reform index of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (PAR Index 2024).
This result was measured on the basis of a survey of people, cadres, civil servants, and management leaders at ministries, localities, associations, and associations with more than 85,600 votes.
Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the administrative reform index in 2024 of provinces and cities will continue to maintain positive growth, with the highest average value ever, reaching 88.37%, 1.39% higher than in 2023.
This is also the second consecutive time that 63/63 localities have achieved an administrative reform index of over 80%.
According to statistics, 53 localities have an increase in administrative reform index compared to 2023, the highest increase is Binh Thuan (6.39%), the lowest increase is Lai Chau (0.19%). However, there are still 9 localities with decreasing indicators, but the decrease is not significant, the province has the largest decrease of 2.94% and the least decrease of 0.21%.
The results of the 2024 administrative reform index of provinces and cities are divided into 2 groups. Group A, achieving an index score of 90% or higher, includes 13 provinces and cities. Group B, achieving Index results from 80% to under 90%, including 50 provinces and cities.
According to the assessment, Hai Phong City topped the 2024 administrative reform index rankings with a result of 96.17%, 4. 30% higher and 1 increase in the rankings compared to 2023.
This is the second time Hai Phong City led the country in the country in terms of administrative reform index (the last time is 2021). In the history of 13 years of assessing the PAR Index, Hai Phong has 12 consecutive years in the top 5 leading localities in the country, of which 7 years ranked 2/63.
"S strong administrative reform efforts have helped Hai Phong City create miracles in the renovation period. In 2024, Hai Phong will become the first and only locality in the country to achieve double-digit growth for 10 consecutive years; attracting foreign FDI investment reached 4.7 billion USD, 2.35 times higher than the plan," the Ministry of Home Affairs assessed.
Ranked 2nd out of 63 is Ba Ria - Vung Tau province with a result of 93.35%, up 3 ranks compared to 2023.
In 2024, people's satisfaction with the quality of public service provision in the province is among the very high groups (reaching 90.09%); being a pioneer locality in implementing a policy of 100% tuition exemption for high school students (so far expanded to the whole country); GRDP growth in 2024 reached 11.72%, the highest level in the past 10 years; attracting FDI capital investment of more than 2 billion USD, more than 2 times higher than in 2023...
Some other localities have also shown outstanding progress and achieved very positive results in administrative reform, such as Hanoi, ranked 3rd/63, reaching 92.75%; Quang Ninh ranked 4th/63, reaching 91.49%; Thai Nguyen, ranked 5th/63, reaching 91.47%.
At the bottom of the 2024 administrative reform index rankings is Cao Bang province, reaching 82.95%. However, this result is still 1.63% higher than the unit at the bottom of the administrative reform index ranking in 2023 (An Giang, in 2023 only reached 81.32%).
According to the assessment, in 2024, the administrative reform work of Cao Bang province has made progress, the administrative reform index grew by 0.98% compared to 2023.
In addition, some other localities also have quite low administrative reform index results in 2024, such as Bac Kan, reaching 84.23%, ranked 60th; Gia Lai, reaching 84.01%, ranked 61st and Lam Dong, reaching 83.11%, ranked 62nd.
