UNDP expert suggests Vietnam establish independent anti-corruption agency

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Báo Dân Trí English 4 month(s) ago

UNDP expert suggests Vietnam establish independent anti-corruption agency

An independent anti-corruption agency would apply bold and objective measures to deal with corruption, a UNDP expert had advised.

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Public should have their say in legislation

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Public involvement in law making and constitutional processes must be strongly promoted to ensure the needs and aspirations of the people are being met, according to Nicholas Booth, policy advisor on rule of law and access to justice for the United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) in Viet Nam.

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Land should not be revoked for private investor projects: UNDP expert

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Báo Dân Trí English 7 month(s) ago 4 related news

Land should not be revoked for private investor projects: UNDP expert

One of weaknesses of Vietnam’s Land Law is the government's involvement revoking land for private investor projects, said UNDP Policy Advisor for Rule of Law and Access to Justice, Nicholas Booth.

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Old growth model may not work for VN: expert

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 11 month(s) ago

Old growth model may not work for VN: expert

Dr. Michaela Prokop, Policy Advisor in Economics under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam, shared her personal observations on the local economy with Tuoi Tre.

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Water price to increase by half

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Báo điện tử CP English 12 month(s) ago 6 related news

VGP – Water retail price will go up by 50% from July 11, under the Ministry of Finance's Circular 88.

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Water price to increase by 50%

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VietNam News English 12 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news 1 related news

Water price to increase by 50%

Water prices are to go up by 50 per cent from July 11, under the Ministry of Finance's Circular 88. The ceiling water price in urban zones would be increased to VND18,000 (US$8.6) per cubic metre while in rural areas it was increased from the current VND8,000 ($0.38) to VND11,000 ($5.30).

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Land management is the worst performing area

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VietnamNet English 14 month(s) ago 1 related news

Land management is the worst performing area

A seminar will be held in Hanoi City on Thursday to announce Vietnam’s Provincial Governance and Public Administration Index (PAPI) following a recent survey jointly conducted by the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the National Assembly’s People Aspiration Committee. Jairo Acuna Alfaro, UNDP Policy Advisor on Public Administration Reform and Anticorruption, talks with the Saigon Times Daily about key findings in the new survey. Following are excerpts.

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Land management is the worst performing area

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SaigonTimes English 14 month(s) ago 1 related news

Land management is the worst performing area

A seminar will be held in Hanoi City on Thursday to announce Vietnam’s Provincial Governance and Public Administration Index (PAPI) following a recent survey jointly conducted by the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the National Assembly’s People Aspiration Committee. Jairo Acuna Alfaro, UNDP Policy Advisor on Public Administration Reform and Anticorruption, talks with the Daily about key findings in the new survey. Following are excerpts.

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Incentives another symptom of a diseased health care system

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Báo Thanh Niên English 16 month(s) ago

Incentives another symptom of a diseased health care system

Poor patients are being squeezed out of the health care system as doctors accept significant commissions from the pharmaceutical industry and more affluent patients

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Vietnam’s salary reform in the eye of UNDP expert

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VietnamNet English 16 month(s) ago

Vietnam’s salary reform in the eye of UNDP expert

VietNamNet Bridge – The salary reform plan in the public sector in 2012-2020 is being submitted to the Central Party Committee’s fifth conference in April. VietNamNet would like to introduce an analysis about Incentives and salaries in Vietnam’s public sector by Jairo Acuna Alfaro, policy advisor on public administration reform and anti-corruption of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam.

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Public service quality key to administrative reform

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VOV News English 19 month(s) ago

Public service quality key to administrative reform

An administrative reform partnerships forum entitled, “Towards increasing public service quality” was held in Hanoi on December 8.

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Vietnam officials want better protection for whistleblowers

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Báo Thanh Niên English 21 month(s) ago 9 related news

Vietnamese government officials Thursday called for strong protection for whistleblowers because many of them have been harmed badly by the exposed, who are usually powerful persons.

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WMO says 2010 among three hottest years

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VietnamNet English 33 month(s) ago

The year 2010 is "almost certain" to be among the three hottest years since temperature records began in 1850, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

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Public administration reforms yet to reach initial goal, says official

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VietnamNet English 34 month(s) ago

Public administration reforms yet to reach initial goal, says official

The progress of public administration reform in Viet Nam during the past 10 years was slower than it should be and had not reached the initial overall goal, said general director of the Home Affairs Ministry's Public Administration Reform Department, Dinh Duy Hoa.

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Water shortage looms

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VietnamNet English 44 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Water shortage looms

Ethic people in De Xu Phinh Commune in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai build irrigation works. Hai, who is also chairman of the National Council on Water Resources, was addressing domestic and international delegates at the "Water resources and sustainable development" workshop held yesterday , January 19, in Ha Noi.

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