Hanoi's authorities have criticised several departments and agencies for their lack of responsibility which has led to the city's low provincial competitiveness index (PCI).
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Nguyen Van Suu, vice chairman of Hanoi People's Committee in the review meeting on improving the city PCI during 2011-2015 criticised departments for ignoring the city's goals.
Hanoi's PCI was calculated based on a Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) survey of 257 of 90,000 enterprises. According to the VCCI, Hanoi ranks 51 out of 63 cities and provinces.
The city suffers from some lowest indexes such as access to land and land use stability index is at the bottom of the ranking.
Index on time spent on state procedures ranked the city in 54th place and for dynamic and pioneering leadership is 61st out of 63.
Suu said most of the agencies had failed to draw up their own action plans in accordance with the city's requests.
For example, the Department of Planning and Investment has not collaborated with other agencies to create and announce the list of projects that need investors.
The city authorities also asked the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to find out the reasons why the index on land access and land use stability is low. The department has been asked to review their administrative procedures and propose measures to prevent officials from harassing people.
The city’s People's Committee Office was also reprimanded for not co-operating with other departments.
In order to improve the indexes, Hanoi authorities requested all agencies to complete their development plan in 2013 and submit them to the city People's Committee Office or the Department of Planning and Investment by April 22.
The heads of the departments or agencies will be punished if they do not submit their plans on time.