Prime minister says Vietnam to study China model
HANOI - Vietnam Prime Minister
Phan Van Khai has said his country can learn from
administrative reform in China.
In an interview published in the official Tuoi Tre (Youth)
newspaper on Saturday Khai said that after careful study
proposals will be made to the communist party politburo
and central committee.
``I will send people to China to study their experience on
administrative reforms,'' Khai said.
``Chinese ministeries and localities have reduced the
number of employees by 50 percent and the number of
ministeries has been cut from 40 to around 20,'' he said.
Khai added that Vietnam's state and communist party
apparatus was inefficient and needed to be reformed.
``Our machinery is too complicated with unclear and
overlapping responsibilities, not just in the state
apparatus but in the party and other organisations as
well,'' he said.
``Even the political system needs to be restructured and
responsibilities must be made clear,'' he added.
Khai said that while policy within the party was clear,
disagreements over implementation caused delays.
Discipline within China's communist party was better
than in Vietnam, he said.
``It's the necessity now to restore order in the party and
state apparatus,'' Khai said.
The Vietnam communist party, like its Chinese
counterpart, has been grappling with mounting rural
unrest and discontent. Many of the problems have
stemmed from local level corruption and abuses of
power.
Reuters - November 07, 1998.
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