Implementing the policy of the Central and the City Party Committee, the Organizing Committee of the Can Tho City Party Committee has drafted a policy to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently according to Conclusion No. 9 dated November 24, 2024 of the Central Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18.
At the city level, merge the Propaganda Department and the City Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; merge the Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Finance; merge the Department of Transport and the Department of Construction; merge the Department of Information and Communications and the Department of Science and Technology; merge the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The city plans to end the operation of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, transferring tasks to the Department of Home Affairs, Department of Health and Department of Education and Training; end the operation of 8 Party delegations, 3 Party executive committees, a total of 11 units under the City Party Committee; end the operation of two Party committees of the City bloc under the City Party Committee.
After the Party Committee's activities end, the Party Executive Committee will establish two Party Committees under the City Party Committee, with the expected names of the City Party Committee of Party Agencies, Mass Organizations, and Justice and the City Government Bloc Party Committee. The Religious Committee under the Department of Home Affairs is expected to merge into the Ethnic Committee, establishing the Ethnic - Religious Committee.
For district level, study the merger of the Propaganda Department with the Mass Mobilization Department; finalize and merge a number of specialized agencies under the District People's Committee.
"Can Tho City plans to reduce at least 19 organizations, agencies, and units, including one specialized agency assisting the City Party Committee, five departments, three Party Executive Committees, eight Party delegations, and two Party committees of blocs directly under the City Party Committee," Mr. Le Tan Thu - Head of the City Party Committee's Organization Board - informed at the City Party Committee's (expanded) meeting, summarizing the implementation of work in 2024 and deploying resolutions and tasks for 2025 on December 5.
At the Conference, Secretary of the Can Tho City Party Committee Nguyen Van Hieu emphasized that the Conference agreed with the 2025 theme of the City Party Committee to focus on the following contents: "Determined to reorganize and perfect the organization and political system of the city to be streamlined, effective and efficient; promote resource mobilization to promote the city's socio-economic development; successfully implement the Resolution of the 14th City Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025".
