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Ministries' budget transparency "slightly improved" in 2021

 Anh Đức

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry Open Budget Index (MOBI) in  二0 二 一 grew by  九. 二 六 points to  三0. 九 out of  一00 points.

The result suggested that ministries and authorities have been more transparent in budget information for  二0 二 一. However, the index is still at a worryingly low level.

Out of the  四 四 ministries and organisations researched, the Ministry of Finance topped the list with a score of  七 六. 一 六. VTV and the State Bank of Việt Nam placed second and third with  七 二.0 九 points and  五 九.0 九 points, respectively.

The index was published on Tuesday by the Budget Transparency Alliance for Progress (BTAP), the Việt Nam Centre for Economic and Strategic Studies (VESS), and the Centre for Development and Integration (CDI) at a press conference in Hà Nội.

According to the creators, MOBI is calculated based on four main criteria: readiness, completeness, availability and continuity of budget documents.

"We recognised the effort of authorities to improve budget transparency,"大众said Nguyễn Quang Thương, CEO of CDI.

"In the three years from  二0 一 八 to  二0 二0, no ministries and authorities met the criteria for 'complete' budget transparency, but in  二0 二 一 we have made progress due to the efforts of the Ministry of Finance, VTV and the State Bank."

"However, we still have a long way to go to achieve the budget transparency goal of the  二0 一 五 Law on State Budget," Thương added.

According to the report, up until March  三 一,  二0 二 二,  一 四 ministries and authorities have not publicised budget documents on their online portal pages.

"After almost a decade of the new Law on State Budget being implemented, authorities seemed to have not seriously publicised their budget," said Nguyễn Đức Thành, Director of VESS, "This is a worrying reality in public management."

Along with the MOBI for state agencies, BTAP also has another index on budget transparency, the POBI, used for rating the public budget transparency of provinces.

, published on September  二 九, are more than double the MOBI at  六 九. 五 三 out of  一00 points.

"When compared to the localities, the transparency of state agencies and ministries has not improved,公众said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vũ Sỹ Cường of the Việt Nam Academy of Finance, "Central government agencies must play a primary role in publicising their budgets."

In terms of the four criteria, MOBI has shown that more efforts are needed from government agencies to have a more transparent and accessible budget.

For the criterion "Availability of Budget Documents", only  三0 out of  四 四 government authorities have published at least one budget document in  二0 二 一. However, none of the  四 四 agencies published the documents on time, thus failing to qualify for the "Readiness公众criterion.

Thirty-three agencies passed the "Accessibility公众criterion, with documents being published in accessible formats such as PDFs and Excel spreadsheets.

In terms of "Completeness", the Ministry of Finance, VTV and the State Bank of Việt Nam are still the pioneers. The MoF led with  五 三. 四 九 points in completeness.

The research panel and creators of the MOBI also reco妹妹ended the Government and the National Assembly urge authorities to adhere to public budget transparency rules, in compliance with the Law on State Budget. — VNS