Eight months after the two-tier local government model was activated, what can be felt most clearly does not li e in the “completeness” of the apparatus, but in the direction of its movement.

PM Pham Minh Chinh underscored that public administrative governance is central to organising the exercise of State power and translating the Party’s guidelines and the State's policies and laws into tangible development outcomes.

The world is shifting strongly from a management model based on knowledge and experience to a management model based on data. Data is not only a technical tool, but has become a “strategic resource”, a “foundation of soft power” in modern national governance.