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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.