Hanoi, May 4 -- Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh outlined progress in cutting and simplifying administrative procedures and business conditions in line with the Party Central Committee's Conclusion No. 18-KL/TW, at the Government's regular press briefing for April held on the evening of May 4. He said that on April 14, standing Government members issued a directive requiring ministries and ministerial-level agencies to review procedures to ensure that central-level authorities handle no more than 30% of the total administrative procedures within their respective sectors. The directive also set targets to reduce processing time and compliance costs by 50% in 2026 compared to 2024, to cut at least 30% of conditional business lin...