(VOVworld) – The Government Steering Committee for Administrative Reform, led by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, has worked with the Ministry of Finance on ways to streamline tax and customs procedures. 

Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh inspected administrative reform at the Ministry of Finance (Photo: VOV News Center)

Speaking at a meeting on Wednesday in Hanoi, Mr. Binh urged the ministry to take comprehensive measures to ease the difficulties facing the people and businesses, and shorten the duration for administrative formalities. The Ministry of Finance was urged to modernize and apply information technology, ensure transparency, and enhance the responsibilities of a state agency.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and the government working team inspected how far administrative reform has gone at the General Department of Taxation and called on it to modernize administrative procedures compatible with international standards.