Local self-government in Vietnam: The reality and the issue have to keep innovation research

Abstract

Local self-governance is associated with the management activities of the government in the direction of autonomy and self-determination on the organizational apparatus and tasks of social development management of the locality. Many countries worldwide have built local self-governance models with their characteristics suitable to the characteristics of their political, cultural and social regimes. Although not building and applying a specific model of local self-governance, many other countries have also had strong decentralization regulations for localities according to their areas of expertise, thereby creating diversity in the administration and management of the local government of each country. Within the scope of this research, the author focuses on analyzing the practice of local self-governance in Vietnam combined with comparative studies with the self-governance models of some countries in the world. The author carried out this study by the qualitative method through the collection and analysis of secondary documents. Research results have shown in practice the advantages and limitations of local self-governance in Vietnam. From the research results, the author suggested some issues that need to be further researched and innovated to build an effective government apparatus.