Vietnam: Decentralization Amidst Fragmentation

Thanh, Tu Anh Vu

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“…However, many studies provide evidence of the disadvantages of fiscal decentralization in Vietnam. For instance, Vu (2016) confirms that fiscal decentralization does not ensure an equitable distribution of revenue and financial resources or prevent fiscal imbalances. Tran (2019) mentions that Ho Chi Minh City has retained only 18% of its annual revenues for its local budget, which is not sufficient to invest in the city's infrastructure and meet other necessary expenditure, while many subsidized provinces use their local budgets ineffectively.…”

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Impacts of fiscal decentralization on performance of local government expenditure: Evidence from Vietnam

Tran,

Nguyen

2024

J. Infras. Policy. Dev.

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This article aims to examine the impact of fiscal decentralization on the performance of local government expenditure in Vietnam. By using a dataset including 63 provinces from 2012 to 2021, the research shows the more expenditure-based fiscal decentralization occurs, the better is the performance of local expenditure. Moreover, the level of provincial literacy and the size of the private sector have positive impacts on the local expenditure index, while the opposite effect can be seen in the case of the ratios of local citizens to total citizens of the country. Besides this, the study also provides some recommendations which are strictly related to the mechanism of fiscal decentralization to improve local expenditure performance of Vietnamese provinces, such as more effective decentralization of budget expenditures to local government, improving the vertical budget imbalance at local budget level, increasing local government budget autonomy, and establishing stronger mechanisms to control public spending.

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Impacts of fiscal decentralization on performance of local government expenditure: Evidence from Vietnam

Tran,

Nguyen

2024

J. Infras. Policy. Dev.

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“…The risk of transborder transmission is plausible as all six provinces share borders with China or Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), where active livestock trade is difficult to control (Chen et al., 2016; Oyetola et al., 2021; Turner, 2010). Disease surveillance and livestock vaccination decisions are made locally by individual provincial authorities (Anh, 2016). Spatial analyses at a finer spatial scale (i.e.…”

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Spatial epidemiology of human anthrax in Son La province, Vietnam, 2003–2022

Luong,

Nguyen,

et al. 2024

Zoonoses and Public Health

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AimsAnthrax is reported with frequency but poorly understood in Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam. In Vietnam, anthrax surveillance is national. However, case detection, prevention, and control are implemented locally at the provincial level. Here, we describe the epidemiological characteristics, identify spatial clusters of human anthrax, and compare the variation in livestock anthrax vaccine coverage to disease incidence in humans and livestock using historical data in Son La province, Vietnam (2003–2020).Methods and ResultsMost human cases occurred between April and September. Most of the patients were male, aged 15–54 years old. The human cases were mainly reported by public district hospitals. There was a delay between disease onset and hospitalization of ~5 days. We identified spatial clusters of high–high incidence communes in the northern communes of the province using the local Moran's I statistic. The vaccine coverage sharply decreased across the study period. The province reported sporadic human anthrax outbreaks, while animal cases were only reported in 2005 and 2022.ConclusionsThese results suggest underreporting for human and livestock anthrax in the province. Intersectoral information sharing is needed to aid livestock vaccination planning, which currently relies on reported livestock cases. The spatial clusters identify areas for targeted surveillance and livestock vaccination, while the seasonal case data suggest prioritizing vaccination campaigns for February or early March ahead of the April peak. A regional approach for studying the role of livestock trading between Son La and neighbouring provinces in anthrax occurrence is recommended.

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Authoritarian Environmentalism—Captured Collaboration in Vietnamese Water Management

Bruun

Rubin

2022

Environmental Management

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This article examines collaborative environmental governance under authoritarian political structures. Building on the theoretical frame of authoritarian environmentalism, it peruses fieldwork material collected during 2009–2019 to determine the most prominent features of recent collaborative governance efforts in the field of water management in Vietnam, a historically seasonal flooding-dependent country. A key feature is technocratisation, where top-down management structures and practices prioritise technocratic solutions to environmental challenges over deliberation, awareness raising, and integration of local knowledge. Another equally important feature is authoritarian intensification, by which increasingly complex environmental management functions, coupled with the state’s determination to retain political control, reinforce authoritarian governance. We jointly refer to these features as captured collaboration, signifying a strong authoritarian regime dominance in both vertical and horizontal relations of environmental governance. However, while captured collaboration still appears to be a defining collaborative characteristic, the article acknowledges rising calls for deliberative government in Vietnamese society. This is particularly outspoken in relation to the highly contested issues of hydropower construction and enhanced floods, debates that simultaneously have paved the way for a burgeoning, though much delayed, paradigm shift.

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Vietnam: Decentralization Amidst Fragmentation

Cited by 24 publications

References 7 publications

Impacts of fiscal decentralization on performance of local government expenditure: Evidence from Vietnam

Impacts of fiscal decentralization on performance of local government expenditure: Evidence from Vietnam

Spatial epidemiology of human anthrax in Son La province, Vietnam, 2003–2022

Authoritarian Environmentalism—Captured Collaboration in Vietnamese Water Management

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