Serious work atmosphere was recorded at all Da Nang government agencies on the first day back to work after Tet (the Lunar New Year Festival) breaks, which ran from 10 to 16 February.

Municipal People's Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh paid an inspection visit to the one-stop shop in the Da Nang Administrative Centre on Wednesday

All of the public servants at municipal, district and commune-level administration agencies and organisations set aside the fun of enjoying the relaxing festive ambiance of the ‘post-Tet’ to return to work with a high sense of responsibility and dedication.

All one stop shops for public services across Da Nang have resumed their operation after the Tet festival. During his Wednesday post-Tet visit to the one-stop shop in the Da Nang Administrative Centre, municipal People's Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh highly appreciated the efforts of government officials and civil servants on duty here in enhancing the quality of public service delivery, thus bringing satisfaction of local citizens. Besides, they have contributed to maintaining Da Nang’s berth the top 10 Vietnamese localities with the highest points in the Public Administration Reform Index (PAR Index) for many years.

The municipal government chief emphasised the city’s stance in 2021 in promoting administrative reform, so the contingent of the staff of the ‘One-stop shop’ department needs to overcome difficulties to fulfill their missions and assigned tasks.

A view of the one-stop shop in the offices of the Lien Chieu District People's Committee

Director of Da Nang Department of Home Affairs Vo Ngoc Dong said, on the first day back to work after Tet, the agency organised regular and surprise inspection of public service activities across the city, in tandem with the monitoring and surveillance via cameras installed at one-stop shops citywide.

Through inspection, no government agencies and organisations were found commiting administrative discipline violations. “In recent years, the inspection of disciplinary observance and administrative discipline has taken place regularly, penalties are increasingly strict, so the good compliance of compulsory work regulations have been recorded ”Mr Dong said.

In particular, mandatory measures against the spread of the coronavirus have been taken at all-level administrative service agencies to protect the safety of the staff and visitors.

A number of citizens wearing face coverings were seen keeping a safe distance from others in line with the city's new pandemic prevention rules whilst waiting for their turns to have their administrative procedures handled by staff of functional agencies at the one-stop shop in the Da Nang Administrative Centre.

By DA NANG Newspaper- Translated by A.T