More than a month after its official implementation, the two-tier local government model in provinces and cities nationwide has been operating stably, ensuring services for citizens and businesses.

Building a two-tier local government model is a major, consistent and correct policy of the Vietnamese Party and State to streamline the organisation of the ministry and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of local administrative operations.

The government model of “close to the people, for the people, serving the people” is increasingly being realised through administrative procedure reform, digital infrastructure application, increased dialogue, listening to opinions from the grassroots and especially bringing public services to the people in a transparent and fast manner.

On the winding mountain pass in Cao Bang, where towering cat-ear rocks embrace the village, the journey back and forth to complete administrative procedures is always a concern for the people of the highlands, especially ethnic minorities.

General Secretary To Lam has requested that the Standing Committees of the Centrally-run provincial and municipal Party Committees continue to strengthen leadership and direction according to their authority, review the assignment and arrangement of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers, and ensure that the two-tier local administration apparatus operates effectively, smoothly, without delay, and without omission of work.

Following its administrative restructuring, the newly established Gia Lai province has demonstrated resolute commitment across the political system to transform its socioeconomic landscape. With its expansive territory and diverse terrain, the province faces an urgent need to recalibrate its development mindset and strategic planning to effectively mobilise available resources.

Viet Nam is now facing the imperative of reshaping its institutional structure to support the goals of rapid and sustainable development.

Immediately after the two-tier local administration model officially came into operation, many units and enterprises proactively deployed a series of synchronous solutions to support localities to operate stably, smoothly, effectively, regularly and continuously.

After more than one week of implementation, the two-tier local administrative model has seen grassroots administrative apparatuses across provinces and cities begin to operate in a stable and uninterrupted manner, ensuring effective service delivery for the public. Citizens seeking administrative procedures have expressed satisfaction with the changes introduced with the new administraive model.