Limitation in open budget index
Việt Nam is ranked under the global average in the open budget index, especially in terms of public participation. That’s according to the report of Open Budget Survey composed and published by International Budget Partnership (IBP) on Thursday. Việt Nam’s budget transparency (Open Budget Index – OBI) scored…
State audit to inspect BOT traffic projects
Several BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) traffic projects will be on 2018’s audit list, the State Audit Office of Việt Nam (SAV) announced yesterday. Examining a series of BOT traffic projects was among the State Auditor General Hồ Đức Phớc’s audit plan for next year that SAV issued recently. Specifically, the…
National Assembly Standing Committee discusses thrift practice and anti-waste
The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee mulled over a Government report on thrift practice and combating wastefulness at work during its 23rd session on April 12. The report focused on the work outcomes in 2017 related to, among other things, passing new laws, the management of the State budget, the…
Anti-corruption: Vietnam should have a law on property registration
According to experts, Vietnam needs to develop a separate law on property registration to help fight corruption, money laundering, tax evasion and the protection of property rights of individuals and organizations. “Scattered, lack of coupling, unclear”. This is the opinion of experts at the workshop on international experience…
Vietnam’s potentials to join OGP
OGP principles and values strongly align with the existing guidelines, policy and law on governance promulgated by the Vietnam ese Communist Party and the State. With respect to the eligibility criteria and under current situation, Vietnam is likely to increase its eligibility scores. Access to Information Vietnam has…
Reports weighing achievements and shortcomings in Party building discussed: Party Secretariat
The Secretariat of the Central Committee Communist Party of Việt Nam saw positive results regarding reform measures in Party building and Hồ Chí Minh thought in 10 provincial governments and central agencies, after the body’s top working group concluded inspections. Reports on performance in Party building and Hồ…
Roadmap for OGP in Vietnam
It is quite difficult to determine when exactly Vietnam will participate in OGP, though regarding the development trends, Vietnam’s participation in this mechanism is inevitable. According to this approach, the roadmap for the OGP in Vietnam can be outlined as follows: Studying the feasibility of OGP for Vietnam: this…
Regulations and Policy on Access to Information in Vietnam
Vietnam’s legal system to guarantee people’s access to information (ATI) and the responsibility to provide information of public authorities has only been started since 1998 with Government’s Decree No. 29 on exercise of democracy in communes, wards and townships. Since then, a number of laws issued by the…
Vietnam in Open Government Partnership Landscape
OGP has yet to be on the policy agenda of Vietnam. The knowledge of government agencies and local CSOs on OGP remains very limited. There are development partners who support Vietnam to build good governance grounded in transparency, accountability and people’s participation – all key elements of OGP…
About Vietnam OGP Working Group
ABOUT THE GROUP The Vietnam OGP working group, established in 2014, is a consortium of local organizations and individuals sharing interests and enthusiasm for promoting OGP in Vietnam. The group members share the view that OGP benefits the nation while providing opportunities for the people to participate and…