This book contains meaningful contents for managers in private and public sectors, students, and scientists in the field of economics, business and public management in Vietnam as well as Thai Nguyen province and especially foreign investors and researchers who are interested in Thai Nguyen as follows:

First, interpreting the theoretical and practical issues about the role of local administrative reform on local investment attraction and socio-economic development;

Second, analyzing the impact of administrative reform on the socio-economic development through a mediation factor such as attracting investment;

Third, proposing a set of indices of the impact assessment of administrative reform on socio-economic development (PAR-SE) in which the components include administrative reform, attracting investment, economic development, and social development.

Fourth, researching the case study of Thai Nguyen Province is as below:

- Assessing the current activities of administrative reform, investment attraction and socio-economic development in Thai Nguyen Province;

- Assessing the impact of administrative reform on socio-economic development through attracting investment in Thai Nguyen Province;

- Proposing solutions for authorities of Thai Nguyen Province stimulating administrative reform, attracting investment and socio-economic development;

- Piloting PAR-SE indicators in Thai Nguyen Province and suggest the revised one.

Brief contents of this book consist of 4 following chapters:

Chapter 1: Literature review and international experiences about public administration reform, investment attraction and socio-economic development;

Chapter 2: Overview of public administration reform, investment attraction and socio-economic development in Vietnam from 1986 to 2021;

Chapter 3: Analysis of public administration reform, investment attraction and socio-economic development in Thai Nguyen Province;

Chapter 4: Managerial applications for leaders of Thai Nguyen province to promote public administration reform, investment attraction and socio-economic development.