Basically completed the planned arrangement of organizational structure of ministries and agencies.
On December 12, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the Government's Steering Committee, summarized the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the 6th Central Conference, Session XII "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently" and chaired the second meeting of the Steering Committee.
At the meeting, the Steering Committee reviewed the implementation of tasks since the first meeting and tasks for the coming time; considered the Draft General Report on the reorganization of the Government's apparatus; the Draft Report of the Government Party Committee on the summary of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW; the reorganization of Party organizations in ministries, branches and agencies under the Government. At the same time, discussed the regime and policies for cadres, civil servants and public employees in the reorganization of the apparatus of the political system...
Continue to research the regime and policies
Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that the conclusion of this meeting be announced to ministries, branches and agencies to serve as a basis for continuing to perfect the projects of ministries, branches and agencies, under the direction of the assigned Deputy Prime Ministers.
The Prime Minister requested that it is necessary to continue to do a good job in ideological work, with the viewpoint that ideology must be clear, determination must be high, efforts must be great, actions must be drastic, implementation must be synchronous, ensuring progress according to the direction of the Central Committee; promoting responsibility, promoting national and ethnic interests above all, first of all, choosing options suitable to Vietnam's conditions and circumstances, with reference to international experience.
Along with giving opinions on a number of specific contents and issues, the Prime Minister stated that while streamlining the apparatus, it is necessary to improve effectiveness and efficiency; functions and tasks must not be abandoned, and some tasks must even be strengthened; reducing focal points, reducing intermediaries, reducing procedures, strengthening the grassroots, eliminating bureaucracy and subsidies, enhancing digital transformation, reducing direct contact, reducing petty corruption, and reducing harassment for people and businesses. In the process of perfecting, arranging, and streamlining the apparatus, it is necessary to fight against "lobbying", against personal interests, and eliminate the mechanism of asking for and giving.
For state-owned corporations and groups, the Prime Minister directed the classification of enterprises and plans to ensure state management and promote the efficiency of enterprises' operations; at the same time, continue to improve related laws in the direction of promoting decentralization, delegation of authority, and assigning more responsibilities to enterprises.