National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan

Solutions include enhancing administrative reform and transparency and improve the business climate. Ms. Ngan told the municipal People’s Council meeting on Monday that a strong determination from central and local government is crucial for Vietnam to achieve its GDP growth of 6.7% this year. Council Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc underlined weaknesses in the city’s implementation of socio-economic projects in the first half of the year. She pointed to Hanoi’s low Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index ranking, at the 58th place out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide last year, which is a fall of 8 places from the previous year.