According to Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra, the new names of the ministries and branches after the merger are still being proposed and considered.
For example, the Ministry of Finance and Planning and Investment after the merger is expected to be named the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development.
The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction could become the Ministry of Infrastructure and Urban Areas. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development could merge into the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Environment...
It is known that the core of merging ministries with similar functions is to streamline the apparatus, avoid overlapping functions and improve management efficiency.
However, naming needs to go hand in hand with reorganizing the apparatus, assigning clear tasks and retaining talented people to contribute to the country.
The merger of ministries must ensure streamlining, effectiveness and efficiency, as directed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting on the plan to reorganize and merge the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Transport on December 17.
At the same time, the new name also needs to be carefully considered to avoid controversy and meet the requirements of a modern administration.
Unlike the names of villages, cities… which are closely associated with the cultural and historical consciousness of each region.
The names of ministries, in addition to expressing their functions and tasks, need to be "streamlined" to help people remember easily, creating a sense of transparency, friendliness, and closeness in administrative transactions as well as in communication and international transactions.
It is not by chance that in the past, when naming ministerial-level agencies, our ancestors only used very concise but meaningful words that expressed strong state power such as "Ministry of Public Works", "Ministry of Rites", "Ministry of Personnel", "Ministry of Justice"...
A consistent policy, repeatedly emphasized by the leaders of the Party, State, and National Assembly in the "revolution" to streamline the apparatus, is that the merger of ministries and branches must not be mechanical but must be a combination of efforts to become stronger.
The new names of the merged ministries should also be associated with this spirit. Naming the ministries is not just a matter of language, but also reflects the vision and organizational thinking.
Avoid addition, instead, "streamlining" and blending meanings, which is also a way of naming that clearly affirms the spirit of reform that we are aiming for!
