(VOVworld) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for overlapping regulations to be amended as part of administrative reform efforts.

Chairing a meeting of the Steering Committee for Administrative Reform in Hanoi this week  to review its 2015 activities and launch 2016 tasks, Phuc said administrative procedures are one of the four areas under major reform, including judicial affairs, education and wages, which were set by the 10th and 11th National Party Congresses. In his capacity as head of the committee, the Deputy PM hailed its members, including the Ministry of Home Affairs for directing the 2015 action plan and achieving expected results. Phuc asked ministries, agencies and localities to continue executing the program on State administrative reform and improving the efficiency of the administrative system.