Central province leads PAPI 2013
VGP – The central province of Quang Binh took the lead of the Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance.
The Centre for Community Support Development Studies (CECODES) under the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Viet Nam on April 2 jointly announced the PAPI 2013.
Quang Binh was the only locality which gained the highest scores in all six categories. Meanwhile, the northern province of Back Giang was the last.
PAPI 2013 showed that citizens chiefly concerned about population, traffic accidents, drug use, hygiene safety and corruption.
CECODES Director Dang Ngoc Dinh said that PAPI was stable in the 2011-2013 period.
Citizens seemed to be more satisfied with administrative management and public administration at local levels. However, he suggested localities conduct specific measures to make local residents more satisfy with public administration performance.
PAPI was based on six categories, namely the ‘space’ for citizen participation at grassroots level, transparency, openness, vertical accountability, control of corruption, public administrative procedures and public service delivery./.
By Khanh Phuong
