Ministry of Construction leads Group B in the 2025 administrative reform index with 89.81%

The Interior Ministry has announced the results of the 2025 administrative reform index (PAR INDEX 2025) for ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People’s Committees at the provincial and central level. The Ministry of Construction led Group B with a score of 89.81%, followed by the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development; Industry and Trade; Science and Technology; Culture, Sports and Tourism; Foreign Affairs; Education and Training; and Health.

Index structure and scoring method

The Interior Ministry said the ministry-level administrative reform index comprises seven evaluation areas, 43 criteria, and 95 component criteria. The total score is 100 points, including 68.50 points for evaluating reform results according to specific criteria, and 31.50 points assessed through sociological surveys.

To determine PAR INDEX 2025, the Interior Ministry surveyed about 99,694 responses. Of these, 35,649 responses were from citizens to measure satisfaction, while 64,045 responses were electronic surveys of civil servants, officials, and managerial leaders at ministries, localities, and associations.

Overall results for ministries and ministerial-level agencies

In 2025, the average administrative reform index for 12 ministries and ministerial-level agencies stood at 87.2%, up 2.77 percentage points from 2024 (84.43%). The results are divided into two groups: Group A for units scoring 90% or higher, and Group B for units scoring from 80% to below 90%.

Component index performance

In 2025, five of seven component indices posted higher averages than in 2024, including institutional reform; administrative procedures reform; reform of the organizational apparatus; public financial reform; and digital transformation in state agencies.

In particular, the component index for administrative procedures reform averaged 89.49%, up 6.11 percentage points from 2024 (83.38%). Six of the 12 ministries and sectors exceeded 90% on this index, including the Interior Ministry, the Justice Ministry, the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Construction.

Assessment and focus areas

The Interior Ministry assessed 2025 as a historic milestone in Vietnam’s public administration reform, focusing on reorganizing the organizational apparatus, administrative units at all levels, operating a two-tier local government model, and making breakthroughs in institutional reform, scientific and technological development, innovation, and national digital transformation.

The ministry said the strong and comprehensive reforms in recent times have produced results reflected in the administrative reform index across ministries and provinces in various fields, creating a foundation to push methodological innovation, improve governance efficiency, and gradually raise public satisfaction to meet people’s expectations.