Reforming public administration in Viet Nam: current situation and recommendations

Reforming public administration in Viet Nam: current situation and recommendations

November 23, 2009

Reforming Public Administration in Vietnam: Current Situation and Recommendations, edited by Acuña-Alfaro, Jairo (2009), United Nations Development Programme, Vietnam Fatherland Front and Centre for Community Support and Development Studies. The National Political Publishing House. Ha Noi, Viet Nam. pp. 447.

The book “Reforming Public Administration in Vietnam: Current Situation and Recommendations” presents detailed discussions on developments of public administration in Vietnam over the last decade of reform and suggests ways forward or options for speeding up the reform process. The book, with one overview and six thematic chapters, provides rich insights into six major and cross-cutting themes of public administration reform in Vietnam, including (i) institutional reform, (ii) government organisation, (iii) human resources development for the civil service, (iv) public finance management, (v) economic development and public administration reform, and (vi) anti-corruption, development and public administration.

The volume is a joint product of 18 senior and mid-range researchers from the world and Vietnam, who participated in the research—commissioned by United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam and led and edited by UNDP Policy Advisor on Public Administration Reform and Anti-corruption—between mid-2008 and early 2009. It also involved over 100 interviewees who are experts in the area of public administration in Vietnam and are serving or have served in the political, state, civil society organisations as well as think-tanks in Vietnam. 

The volume should be of special interests to policy-makers in Vietnam, academics engaged Vietnam studies, as well as applied researchers and development partners who are directly involved in efforts to facilitate public administration reforms in Vietnam.

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