On August 23, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting to assess the situation after 2 months of operating the 2-level local government.
At the meeting, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that she had issued a document guiding the implementation of Conclusion 183 of the Politburo, including the end of implementing the regime and policies according to the provisions of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP (amended and supplemented in Decree No. 67/2025/ND-CP) on August 31, 2025.
"The Ministry of Home Affairs has instructed agencies and localities to carefully review and properly consider the subjects for policy leave according to regulations, to prevent widespread leave, and at the same time focus on retaining competent officials to ensure the quality of the team", said the Minister of Home Affairs.
Regarding the settlement of policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants and public employees, as of August 19, the total number of people who have decided to quit their jobs is 94,402 people, of which 81,995 people have submitted to competent authorities for funding approval and have been approved (50,345 people have received money).
It is expected that by the end of August, the number of days off according to Decree 178 will increase by about 6,000 - 7,000 people. Thus, the number of people who have retired under the provisions of Decree 178 is estimated at about 100,000 people.
At the same time, the Ministry of Home Affairs has also focused on submitting to the Government Party Committee to submit to the Politburo (through the Central Organization Committee) on the number of deputy heads of agencies and units in the political system under its management.
The Politburo has given initial comments on this issue and the Ministry of Home Affairs continues to coordinate with the Central Organizing Committee to complete it, focusing on 4 key contents.
Including the completion of the job position framework as a basis for determining the number of positions; innovating the work of evaluating cadres, civil servants, and public employees according to the requirements of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants, including applying KPI; classifying and standards for administrative units (in coordination with the Ministry of Construction); adjusting the allowance regime, including position allowances, regional allowances, and special allowances.
In the coming time, the Minister of Home Affairs requested the Ministry of Science and Technology to closely monitor localities to remove difficulties in implementation and processing online records at the commune level.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has increased training, fostering, and "sharing hands" for the commune level in handling land procedures - one of the most problematic areas.
The Ministry of Home Affairs submitted to the Government Party Committee to submit to the Politburo major contents on the implementation of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants (including regulations on assessment, classification of civil servants, recruitment of new civil servants to meet the requirements of job positions in the new situation, ...), regulations on regional allowances, special allowances according to newly issued areas...
For localities, it is necessary to continue to stably operate the 2-level local government model; promptly and promptly resolve administrative procedures for people; at the same time, conduct a general review, evaluate, classify, restructure and improve the quality of the team of commune-level cadres and civil servants after 2 months of operation.
Localities must also urgently resolve policies and regimes in the spirit of Decree 178 and Decree 167; proactively regulate redundant and under-respected cadres within the locality and promptly contract human resources in urgent and shortage positions.
