Improving the Local Government Institutions through Researching Urban Governance Models for Provincial Cities

Implementing and summarizing urban government piloting in order to build and operate urban governance models in the direction of lean, effective, and efficient operation is an important guide of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The Communist Party of Vietnam is improving the current local government institutions. This paper analyzes four urban governance models for provincial cities. These models can be piloted in different provinces and regions, depending on local socioeconomic development conditions, to promote the potential and advantages of each locality.