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NGUYEN VAN MINH
DECENTRALIZATION OF
STATE MANAGEMENT TO THE WARD
GOVERNMENT IN HANOI CITY
Specialization: Public Management
The doctoral dissertation was completed at:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
VIỆN NGÔN NGỮ HỘC VIỆN KHOA HỌC XÁC HỘI V
IỆT NAM
Supervisors: 1, Assoc.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Hai
2, Assoc.Prof. Dr. Hoang Mai
Reviewer 1: …………………………………………
Reviewer 2: …………………………………………
Reviewer 3: …………………………………………
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Facing new challenges in the context of piloting the urban
government model, the district and city governments in Hanoi should take
into account autonomy, self-responsibility and promote proactiveness of the
ward governments in performing the assigned tasks. Reasonable
decentralization to the Ward People's Committee in Hanoi City to perform a
number of state management tasks in wards should be seen seriously and
objectively and needs preparation of human resources and material
conditions for implementation in the coming time. It will contribute to the
effectiveness and efficiency of state management of the state administrative
apparatus in the city, in line with the current renovation in our country.
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People's Committee is an administrative agency in the apparatus and
organization of the urban district government, applying the working regime
which highlights the responsibility of the head of an organization.
4.3. Conditions to ensure the decentralization of state management to
the ward government in Hanoi City
4.3.1. Conditions of legal aspects
4.3.2. Conditions of a mechanism of checking and supervision
4.3.3. Conditions of physical facilities and financial resources
4.3.4. Conditions of capacity of cadres and civil servants in performing
the decentralized task
4.3.5. Conditions concerning the scheme of the administrative heads of
the ward governments to strengthen the responsibilities of the heads
4.3.6. Conditions of the coordination of the Vietnam Fatherland Front
Conclusion of Chapter 4
CONCLUSION
The administrative reform in our country poses challenges,
difficulties and needs the engagement of the political system. This is a long-
term, continuous process of change which requires a plan, a roadmap,
institutions, financial, human resources, checking, review, supervision to
improve the effectiveness, efficiency of the civil service. To improve the
effectiveness, efficiency of the political system as a whole, including the state
apparatus which plays the central role, there should be solutions to
encourage, improve autonomy, proactiveness in performing tasks of
governments at all levels. People in Hanoi City have various needs to be dealt
with, which requires the governments to be proactive and make efforts to
fulfill their tasks. Decentralization of state management from the higher to
the lower level of urban government, from the superior to inferior state bodies
is one of the positive solutions which is considered effective in the current
situation.
The doctoral dissertation is defended before the Doctoral
Dissertation Assessment Council at the institutional level.
Venue: Room for Doctoral Dissertation Defense ……,
National Academy of Public Administration
77, Nguyen Chi Thanh, Dong Da, Hanoi
The doctoral dissertation can be found at:
- National Library of Vietnam
- Library of the National Academy of Public Administration
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1, Nguyen Van Minh, Determinants of the
effectiveness of the decentralization from the superior urban
governments to the ward government, State Management
Review, Issue 268 (5/2018).
2, Nguyen Van Minh, Issues of the organizaiton and
operation of the Ward People’s Committees in Hanoi, State
Management Review, Issue 270 (7/2018).
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INTRODUCTION
1. Reasons for choosing the research topic
The development of a modern, advanced administration has posed new
requirements, including decentralization of state management from a
superior to an inferior government to promote dynamism, creativity,
autonomy, responsibility of governments at all levels, to improve the public
administration’s effectiveness, efficiency, to enhance the capacity of
administration by sector, by territory, socio-economic development.
The Communist Party of Vietnam has emphasized the role, importance of
the administrative reform, especially decentralization of state management.
The 2013 Constitution prescribes and defines jurisdiction of the central and
local authorities and jurisdiction of each level of local government.
Accordingly, the existing legislation concretizes the Constitution provisions
on decentralization and the decentralization to local government must be
specified in the legal normative documents of the decentralizing state body.
The practice of decentralization of state management has revealed many
shortcomings and limitations, especially there is absence of practical and
appropriate solutions for implementation. Governments at different levels
have been confused in implementing the decentralized tasks, which leads to
ineffectiveness of state management. The decentralization of state
management from the city government to the ward governments in Hanoi
City is posing many issues to be studied, especially Hanoi City is preparing
to pilot the urban government model. The followings are the reasons for
choosing the research issues:
First, the Party's regulations are strictly institutionalized, which provides
a legal basis for decentralization. However, in reality, there have been not
specific and detailed regulations for implementation of decentralization.
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information on and effectiveness of the implementation of the decentralized
tasks.
4.2.3. Proposing methods of the decentralization of state management
to the ward government in Hanoi City
According to the existing regulations, the district government in Hanoi is
currently performing the tasks decentralized by the city government, which
is stated in the legal normative documents on decentralization. Hanoi City
People's Committee requests the urban districts, rural districts to decentralize
their tasks to the commune, ward, and town governments when appropriate
and after obtaining the approval of the city government.
Therefore, the Government should implement the tasks stated in the
Resolution No. 97/2019/QH14. A suggestion is to promulgate a legal
normative document to implement the Resolution which is the Government
Decree. Accordingly, the issues of decentralization of the tasks to the wards
in Hanoi City, principles and directions for implementation of
decentralization will be specified in the Government Decree which provides
a basis for Hanoi People's Committee to issue appropriate documents,
including the regulations on decentralization.
Accordingly, the District People's Committee in Hanoi can issue decisions
(the legal normative documents) on decentralization of state management to
the Ward People's Committee; suggestions as follows:
In the first instance, after consideration, the city government issues
decisions which are legal normative documents on decentralization of the
tasks of the City People's Committee to the Ward People's Committee for a
certain period of time.
In the second instance, the city government issues legal normative
documents on decentralization of tasks to the urban district government
which decentralizes the tasks to the ward government based on the actual
situation and the city’s approval. According to the new regulation, the Ward
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4.2.1.3. The fields of finance - budget
4.2.1.4. The fields of education and health care
4.2.1.5. The fields of construction
4.2.1.6. The fields of culture, sports, and tourism
4.2.1.7. The fields of food safety and hygiene
4.2.2. Proposing a roadmap for implementing the decentralized tasks
After the National Assembly’s Resolution takes effect, it is necessary to
study, propose the tasks to be decentralized and institutionalize them through
norms to provide the basis for implementation.
It is imperative to immediately decentralize the fields directly related to
people such as healthcare, environment, education, training, food safety and
hygiene to the ward. Specifically, the Ward People's Committee holds the
main responsibility to superior agencies and the law for the decentralization
contents. Proposing the time: After the legal normative documents of the
competent agency regulating the decentralized tasks take effect. In 2021,
legal normative documents of the Government will concretize the Resolution
of the Government; therefore, the decentralized tasks are to be implemented
in 2021; the achievements have to be maintained and promoted while
shortcomings and difficulties in implementing the decentralized tasks are to
be solved in the following years.
It is necessary to implement a long-term roadmap for the fields of culture,
sports, tourism, construction, finance, budget which directly affect the
economic, spiritual benefits of the people; to prepare good physical facilities,
technical infrastructure, human resources, other resources when receiving the
decentralized tasks. As soon as the legal normative document on the
decentralization to the ward government takes effect, the Ward People's
Committee should elaborate a plan for implementation, submit regular,
consolidated, irregular reports to the decentralizing government to provide
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Second, it is the requirement of improving the effectiveness and efficiency
of state management at both central and local levels including the ward level.
Third, the socio-economic development and the acceleration of the public
administration reform require a strong focus on the decentralization of state
management from the superior to inferior local government.
Fourth, it is the role and position of the ward government which is the
lowest level in the government system in urban state management and has
the good conditions to perform the tasks transferred by the superior
government. The performance of the ward governments has a direct impact
on the lives of the urban residents.
Fifth, the decentralization of state management from the superior to
inferior government is in line with the trend in the world in building,
developing the state apparatus, organizing the state administrative system.
The issue of "Decentralization of state management to the ward
government in Hanoi City" is chosen for research to propose solutions for
appropriate decentralization of state management to the ward government in
Hanoi City in the context of piloting the urban government model to serve
the administrative reform.
2. The research objectives and tasks
2.1. Research objectives
To develop scientific rationales, propose solutions for decentralization of
state management to the ward government so that the ward governments
could better perform their functions and tasks in the context of piloting the
urban government in Hanoi City.
2.2. Research tasks
First, to provide a literature review of the research works related to the
dissertation, to assesses the results of the research works and identify the
issues that need further research.
