On March 23, information from the Ministry of Justice said that this agency has just sent an official letter to ministries and ministerial-level agencies on reviewing and evaluating administrative procedures under the jurisdiction of ministries and ministerial-level agencies in order to continue to promote decentralization and delegation of power for implementation to local authorities.
The official dispatch clearly states that on March 11, 2026, the Ministry of Justice issued Document No. 1409/BTP-KSTT requesting ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees (UBND) of provinces and cities to review, cut, and simplify administrative procedures in 2026.
Regarding the issue of decentralization and delegation of power in the implementation of administrative procedures, according to the results of data compilation at the National Database on Administrative Procedures on the National Public Service Portal, by administrative level, as of March 20, 2026, the number of administrative procedures under the jurisdiction of ministries and ministerial-level agencies accounted for 44.7% of the total number of administrative procedures under state management.
Accordingly, to continue to implement the policy of promoting decentralization and delegation of power according to the direction in the Documents of the 14th Party Congress, Resolutions and Conclusions of the Politburo, the Central Executive Committee, of General Secretary To Lam, of the Government, the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Justice requests ministries and ministerial-level agencies to focus on reviewing and evaluating administrative procedures under the jurisdiction of ministries and ministerial-level agencies to continue to promote decentralization and delegation of power in the implementation of administrative procedures for local authorities.
In which, specifically identify: Numbers and names of administrative procedures proposed for decentralization; Numbers and names of administrative procedures expected to be decentralized to local authorities but need a roadmap (specifying the reasons and specific roadmap); Numbers and names of administrative procedures continue to be under the jurisdiction of ministries and ministerial-level agencies (clearly stating the reasons for not being able to implement decentralization); Numbers of administrative procedures proposed for abolition.
At the same time, summarize and report the results of reviewing and evaluating administrative procedures under the jurisdiction of ministries and ministerial-level agencies and send them to the Ministry of Justice no later than March 26, 2026 for summarization and reporting to the Government at the regular Government Meeting in March 2026.
