Conference PaperAuthors: Nguyen, Hoang Anh (2019)
Centralization, deconcentration, and decentralization are basic concepts in administrative organization. In the Vietnamese administrative tradition, centralization appeared to be an effective means of administration through fulfilling both objectives of administrative activities: to be uniform and to be effective. However, in the context of the market economy, centralization proves to be a significant hindrance to economic development and sometimes a restriction to local initiatives. The tendency of giving more autonomy to the localities has gradually appeared.. 
