Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh - Deputy Head of the Government's Steering Committee on reviewing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW - has just issued a document requesting ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies to complete plans to arrange and streamline the organizational apparatus of ministries and branches, according to VNA.
According to the plan of the Government Steering Committee, regarding the name, the name of the Ministry of Finance will be kept after merging the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance.
Keep the name of the Ministry of Home Affairs after merging the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Keep the name of the Ministry of Construction after merging the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction.
Keep the name of the Ministry of Science and Technology after merging the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Retain the name of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism after taking over the state management function of the press from the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Establish the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions on the basis of the Ethnic Minorities Committee receiving additional functions, tasks, and organization of the state management apparatus on religion from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Other ministries and branches continue to keep the names as proposed in Report No. 3792-BC/BCSDCP dated December 31, 2024 of the Government Party Committee.
Including: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Government Office, Government Inspectorate, State Bank of Vietnam, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency.