Cutting and simplifying administrative procedures based on data is a fundamental solution.

This is also a key task in implementing the direction of General Secretary To Lam, Head of the Central Steering Committee on science , technology development, innovation and digital transformation.

Save time, money and burden

Photo caption — Staff of the Ninh Cuong Commune Public Administration Service Center, Ninh Binh Province, guide people to look up administrative procedure information using QR code. Photo: Nguyen Lanh/VNA

Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh said that administrative reform in general, and cutting and simplifying administrative procedures in particular, is an important task to promote growth, create competitive advantages, improve relations between state administrative agencies and people and businesses; ensure publicity and transparency in handling people's work, and contribute to effective prevention and fight against corruption.

The reduction and simplification of administrative procedures are of great significance in the implementation of human rights, civil rights, improving the investment and business environment and building a transparent and modern socialist rule-of-law State, gradually meeting the development and integration needs of the country. When procedures are streamlined, compliance costs are reduced, social costs are also reduced, social resources will thus be more focused on investment and development; the efficiency, effectiveness and efficiency of the administrative apparatus are also enhanced, towards a serving, modern and transparent administration, bringing positive effects to development.

Along with the administrative reform process, the implementation of digital transformation in the spirit of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on science, technology development, innovation and national digital transformation has created an important foundation for implementing tasks of reducing administrative procedures.

Up to now, national and specialized databases have been focused on building by ministries, branches and localities, in which the Ministry of Public Security has been promoting its role as the agency in charge of implementing Project 06 with the implementation of many drastic and effective solutions. According to statistics from the Ministry of Public Security, 15 types of citizen documents have been digitized and are eligible to be replaced by electronic data. This is of particular importance, because when the data is replaced, requiring people and businesses to present documents will no longer be necessary, contributing to saving time, costs and the burden of performing copy certification by the People's Committee at the commune level.

Implementing the direction of General Secretary To Lam in the Notice of Conclusion No. 07-TB/CQTTBCD of the Central Steering Committee on Science, Technology Development, Innovation and Digital Transformation, on October 22, 2025, the Prime Minister issued Official Dispatch No. 201/CD-TTg on focusing on reviewing, reducing and simplifying administrative procedures based on data, requesting ministries, branches and localities to urgently implement the work of reviewing and reducing administrative procedures. The Ministry of Justice, as the assigned agency, has proactively issued documents guiding ministries, branches and localities, and developed a set of support tools to ensure the progress and feasibility of the task.

Sharing data ensures "correctness, completeness, cleanliness, liveness, consistency, and shared use"

In the instructions sent to ministries, branches and localities, the Ministry of Justice emphasized that the review, reduction and simplification of procedures must be carried out synchronously with the review of legal regulations, in order to propose amendments, supplements and abolition of relevant legal regulations. Only when both of these contents are resolutely implemented synchronously, the implementation of the plan to reduce administrative procedures based on data by November 15, 2025 will ensure substance and promote effectiveness in practice.

According to Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh, in response to the extremely urgent request, the wide scope of the review, applicable to ministries and localities across the country, the Ministry of Justice has also requested the Department of Justice of localities to act as the focal point to help the People's Committees of provinces and cities monitor and urge the implementation; at the same time, request the heads of legal organizations of ministries and agencies under the Government to closely coordinate in reviewing both administrative procedures and legal regulations, creating a basis for the issuance of the Government's normative Resolution according to the provisions of Resolution No. 206/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly on special mechanisms to handle difficulties and problems caused by legal regulations.

Along with that, the Ministry of Justice will organize inspection teams to urge the implementation of the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch No. 201 in a number of ministries, branches and localities, to ensure that reports are sent to the Ministry of Justice before October 31, 2025 with the highest quality, in accordance with the direction in the Prime Minister's Official Dispatch.

To ensure the feasibility of implementing the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures based on data, and to truly facilitate people and businesses, a very important requirement is to ensure infrastructure and data conditions. Ministries, branches and localities must clarify their capabilities and commit to building, connecting and sharing data to ensure "correct, sufficient, clean, live, unified and shared" data, so that as soon as the reduction plan is announced, it will be implemented in practice. This requires a synchronous and seamless information technology system, infrastructure and terminal equipment, along with professional guidance for officials directly handling administrative procedures, ensuring smooth operation.

Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh added that during the implementation process, it is inevitable that people or businesses will report inaccurate data, so it is necessary to calculate a process for "cleaning" data and a specific handling mechanism to ensure the legitimate rights of people when data is incomplete or contains incorrect information.

Regarding localities with specific administrative procedures (according to the latest statistics, there are 668 procedures clearly stated in the appendix issued by the Ministry of Justice), Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh said that these are procedures under the jurisdiction of the provincial level, for which the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee is responsible. However, the Ministry of Justice has also requested localities to provide information for synthesis in implementing solutions to replace papers and records with electronic data to ensure consistency and synchronization. This will be an important basis for unified leadership and direction in the coming time.

Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh affirmed that immediately after October 31, 2025, the Ministry of Justice and the Inter-sectoral Working Group will work directly with each ministry and branch to unify the list of procedures to be reduced and simplified based on data; advise the Government to issue a normative Resolution to ensure the implementation of this reduction plan; during that process, there will be comparison and cross-checking between ministries, branches and localities to ensure the implementation plan is feasible, synchronous and unified nationwide...

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