Ho Chi Minh City Thu Duc and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs ranked at the bottom of the competitiveness rankings, while Phu Nhuan district and the Department of Science and Technology ranked at the top.
The results of the Department, Sector, and Local Competitiveness Index (DDCI) for 2022 were announced by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on the morning of May 11. This is the first time the city has scored the competitiveness of its affiliated units. DDCI is built on the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) of the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI).
According to this result, Thu Duc City ranked last among the localities assessed in DDCI in 2022. This is also the only district-level administrative unit of Ho Chi Minh City with an assessment score below 50 on a scale of 100.
In the component indexes, Thu Duc City ranked last in terms of information technology application and digital transformation; fair competition; legal institutions and security and order; dynamism, creativity and effectiveness of local government.
This locality is also among the six districts ranked at the bottom of the list in terms of transparency and access to information; access to land and stability in land use; informal costs; time costs; business support; and the role of leaders.
Thu Duc, with an area of about 211 km2 and a population of more than one million, was established in early 2020, based on the merger of Districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc, as the first "city within a city" model in the country. This place is expected to be the leading nucleus, contributing 1/3 of the total product in the area (GRDP) of Ho Chi Minh City, equivalent to 7% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). However, this city currently only has the authority equivalent to the district level, so it faces difficulties in operation and management.
DDCI ranking of departments, agencies and sectors
Meanwhile, Phu Nhuan has the highest score in competitiveness. The district is also the leader in transparency and access to information, time costs; and is in the top 10 districts in the index of information technology application and digital transformation; access to land and stability in land use; informal costs; legal institutions and security and order. However, the district only ranked 14th in the business support index.
In the sector, the Department of Science and Technology ranked first in 9 component indexes such as: time, fair competition, business support, informal costs... The next position belongs to the City's Export Processing and Industrial Zones Management Board, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Industry and Trade and the City's Food Safety Management Board.
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the list is the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs with the lowest rating on the following indicators: role of the leader, time costs, transparency and access to information.
With 5 vertical agencies participating in the assessment but not ranked, on a scale of 100, the City Social Insurance leads with 74.93 points and the City Police is the only unit with a score below 50 with 43.78.
Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai speaks at the announcement ceremony. Photo: Le Tuyet
At the conference, Chairman of the City People's Committee Phan Van Mai said that the scoring and announcement of DDCI as a city demonstrated the city's great efforts and determination in administrative reform, improving competitiveness, reforming the system, and anticipating the investment wave.
According to Mr. Mai, in the first organization, besides the activeness of agencies and localities, three departments of Health, Tourism, Education and Training did not provide enough information for evaluation. "I seriously criticize and these departments need to learn from experience," Mr. Mai said.
The head of the city government requested that from the results of the ranking, departments, branches and localities need to look into improving the quality of public services, contributing to enhancing competitiveness. Agencies need to vigorously deploy to each individual in the unit so that the ranking can be effective.
The Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) has been published by VCCI since 2005. In the early stages, Ho Chi Minh City was always in the top 10, but since 2018, it has started to drop in rank and for the past two years has been "stuck" at 14th place among provinces and cities (fairly good group).
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