INFORMATION PAGE - NEW CONTRIBUTION ON ACADEMIC, THEORY, NEW ARGUMENT ABOUT SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF THE THESIS Content of summary page: Topic of the thesis: State administrative apparatus reform of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Major: Public administration; Code: 62 34 04 03 Postgraduate student: Khammone Chanthachith (Nationality: Laotian) Instructors: Dr Nguyen Thi Thu Ha; Assoc Prof., Dr Nguyen Thi Phuong Training institution: National Academy of Public Administration Content of information page First, the thesis defines that the state administrative apparatus reform is the process of changing, re-arranging the administrative apparatus (government, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the central government, local government at all levels) in line with objective reality Second, the thesis draws an experience lesson on the state administrative apparatus reform of some countries, including: i) lesson from Vietnam (review the organization structure, function, task, decentralization and coordination, innovation of working mechanism, autonomy, self-responsibility); ii) lesson from China (cautious and learning experience from other countries); iii) lesson from Russia (qualitative change, the mutation of organizational apparatus way to suit the actual conditions); iv) lesson from Republic of Korea (building transparent government, e-government, government with people's participation) Third, the thesis analyzes, assesses the situation of state administrative apparatus reform of Lao PDR, focusing on contents: concurrently holding; about structure; about function, task, decentralization, coordination; about establishing e-government; and point out limitations namely: i) cumbersome administrative apparatus structure; ii) overlapping function and task; iii) unsmooth decentralization and coordination; iv) the e-government has not been cared; v) concurrently holding is likely to change state work Fourth, the thesis recommends solutions to improve the state administrative apparatus reform of Lao PDR, including: i) properly arranging the state administrative apparatus ii) identifying function, task of the state administrative apparatus; iii) strengthening decentralization between the central and local agencies; iv) strengthening coordination between sectors and fields; v) recommending establishment of e-government; vi) recommending some models of state administrative apparatus of Lao PDR INSTRUCTOR Dr Nguyen Thi Thu Ha INSTRUCTOR Assoc Prof., Dr Nguyen Thi Phuong GRADUATE STUDENT Khammone Chanthachith