The public sector has a key role to play in enhancing the local goods and services. The Government is fully aware of the fact that Vietnam needs a proper public sector as a product of the state's public policy, which...The public sector has a key role to play in enhancing the local goods and services. The Government is fully aware of the fact that Vietnam needs a proper public sector as a product of the state's public policy, which provides high-quality and well-functioning educational, healthcare, or social security systems through the effective management and use of public funds. Those services need investments from them to achieve the objectives set by the official governments or the national programs annually. This paper introduces the content of law on public investments in Vietnam which will be effective in the year 2015. It employs an overview of this law and investigates the effect of public investment in infrastructure on economic performance in the case of Vietnam. Moreover, results suggest that there may be some effects on public sector accounting in Vietnam. This study compares between the 2015 law and accounting in non-business organizations in some aspects for clear clarification.展开更多
文摘The public sector has a key role to play in enhancing the local goods and services. The Government is fully aware of the fact that Vietnam needs a proper public sector as a product of the state's public policy, which provides high-quality and well-functioning educational, healthcare, or social security systems through the effective management and use of public funds. Those services need investments from them to achieve the objectives set by the official governments or the national programs annually. This paper introduces the content of law on public investments in Vietnam which will be effective in the year 2015. It employs an overview of this law and investigates the effect of public investment in infrastructure on economic performance in the case of Vietnam. Moreover, results suggest that there may be some effects on public sector accounting in Vietnam. This study compares between the 2015 law and accounting in non-business organizations in some aspects for clear clarification.