Four months after taking office, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to establish a task force led by Minister and Chairman of the Office of the Government Mai Tien Dung, with one of its key responsibilities being to supervise and accelerate the implementation of functions delegated to ministries and localities by the government and the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reports.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was the 14th destination the task force visited, with the first major destinations being the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance.

The format of each working session includes a review of assigned tasks done by each ministry/locality and informing them of the PM’s directions on newly-emerging issues within the management of such ministry/locality.

Reports on the outcomes of the working sessions presented at the monthly cabinet meetings show that some of the tasks delegated to ministries/localities have been overdue because of various factors.

The task force’s inspections have forced leaders of ministries/localities to closely monitor poorly-performing units so they carry out assigned tasks timely, especially those related to institutional building - the focal point of the constructive government PM Phuc is pursuing.

Inspections also help the government and the PM to know the obstacles that hinder the process of implementing tasks, so that necessary interventions can be taken to remove them.

More importantly, the task force is a tool to inspire the entire administrative system to be creative and diligent in performing their duties, as one of the administrative system’s weaknesses has long been implementation.

VN Economic Times