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The Standing Government has directed ministries and ministerial-level agencies to review and propose plans to decentralize, reduce, and simplify administrative procedures and business conditions, following Implementing Directive No. 18-KL/TW dated 2 April 2026. The directive is tied to the 2026–2030 socio-economic development plan, national finance, and mid-term public investment, with a growth target of a two-digit rate.
Under the directive, ministry-level agencies are required to implement the following targets for administrative procedures and business conditions under their management:
The plans must be completed and submitted to the Ministry of Justice by 20 April 2026.
According to the Ministry of Justice, as of 18 April 2026, all 16/16 ministries and ministerial-level agencies had submitted plans covering decentralization, reduction and simplification of administrative procedures and business conditions, and reduction of sectors with conditional investment.
Three ministries proposed plans that fully meet all targets: the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Construction, and the Ministry of Justice.
Three ministries had not yet met any of the targets, including the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Government Inspectorate.
In addition, several ministries missed requirements in specific criteria:
To ensure strict implementation of central directives and Standing Government notices, the Prime Minister asked ministries and ministerial-level agencies to aggressively and substantively reduce and simplify administrative procedures and business conditions in line with Directive No. 18-KL/TW and Notice No. 185/TB-VPCP dated 14 April 2026.
The Prime Minister commended the ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Construction, and Justice for taking decisive action and proposing plans to ensure all targets are met or exceeded.
Vice Premiers will continue to direct work within their respective domains and require ministers and heads of ministerial agencies to review and complete plans according to targets and timelines. Ministries and agencies are expected to finalize and submit plans to the Ministry of Justice by 20 April 2026; plans for reducing conditional sectors are to be sent to the Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance are tasked with independently consolidating, reviewing, proposing measures, and drafting Government resolutions on reducing, decentralizing, and simplifying administrative procedures and business conditions, as well as conditional sectors, to be completed in April 2026.
Heads of ministries and ministerial agencies will be fully responsible before the Government and the Standing Government if targets are not met or deadlines are delayed as required.
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