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During a press conference on Wednesday to announce an assessment report on administrative procedure compliance cost index (APCI), Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung pointed out reform lessons taken from APCI 2020, stressing that the top priority of the Government, ministries, sectors, and localities is to promote the application of information technology and processing administrative procedures. He said the report conveyed a significant message of improvement for a constructive government:

“Administrative cost reduction depends not only on institutional and infrastructure factors but also those people who directly engaged in the administrative procedures. Mindset and approach renovation for the practitioners in state agencies are very important. This is the foundation for reform and technology would serve as a tool to achieve state management reform targets,” said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

Through the use of appropriate methodology and serious practices of the study team, the APCI 2020 is believed to help the Government, ministries, sectors, localities, and relevant agencies form an effective reference information channel to make appropriate decisions. These can serve to promote the goal of simplifying administrative procedures whilst improving the business investment environment as a means of facilitating the operations of firms moving forward.