Announcement of Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI): Nghe An ranked 17/63

On April 12 in Hanoi, the Center for Community Support and Development Studies (CECODES) under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), the Center for Training and Scientific Research of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF-CRT) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Vietnam held a conference to announce the Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index 2022.

The Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is a citizen participation tool to monitor the effectiveness of government in implementing policies at the grassroots level. After a pilot survey in 2009 and a larger scale implementation in 2010, the PAPI survey has been conducted nationwide since 2011.

The Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index includes 8 content area indicators, 29 component content indicators and more than 120 component indicators on governance and public administration performance of all 63 provinces/cities.

PAPI summary results table 2022 of provinces and cities.

In 2022, 16,117 citizens and voters participated in the PAPI survey. Over the past 14 years, 178,243 randomly selected citizens nationwide have participated in assessing the effectiveness of governance and public administration from their direct interactions with governments at all levels through the PAPI study.

The 2022 PAPI report shows that the gap in provincial governance and public administration performance in 2022 between the highest and lowest scoring groups tends to narrow, meaning that according to people's assessment, governance and administrative performance in many provinces and cities did not increase compared to 2021.

Compared to the 2021 PAPI results, 33 provinces/cities had significant improvements in Dimension 1 “People's participation at the grassroots level”; 18 provinces/cities had significant improvements in Dimension 2 “Transparency and openness in local decision-making” and 30 provinces/cities had significant improvements in Dimension 8 “E-governance”.

However, 29 provinces/cities significantly declined in Dimension 7 “Environmental Governance”, 18 provinces/cities significantly declined in Dimension 4 “Control of Corruption in the Public Sector”, and 18 provinces/cities significantly declined in Dimension 6 “Public Service Delivery”.

According to the results of the 2022 PAPI Index announcement, Quang Ninh province leads with an index of 47.87 points; followed by Binh Duong with 47.44 points; ranked 3rd is Thanh Hoa province with 46.01 points; ranked 4th is Ninh Thuan province with 46.00 points; ranked 5th is Thua Thien Hue with 43.25 points.

The index of “people's participation at the grassroots level” reached a high level.

Nghe An province ranked 17th out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide (downgraded compared to 2021). Of which: The index of "people's participation at the grassroots level" reached: 5.609/10 points; the index of "publicity in people's decision-making" reached: 5.437/10 points; the index of "accountability to the people" reached: 4.312/10 points; the index of "control of corruption in the public sector" reached: 6.599/10 points; the index of "public administrative procedures" reached: 7.063/10 points; the index of "public service provision" reached: 7.584/10 points; the index of "environmental governance" reached: 3.574/10 points; the index of "e-governance" reached: 3.068/10 points.

Thanh Le