The Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the Government (Steering Committee) issued Document No. 35/CV-BCDTKNQ18 to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities on completing the plan to reorganize and streamline the apparatus.
According to the Document, the Steering Committees of ministries, branches and localities have done a good job in political and ideological work, promptly resolving regimes and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and other subjects, ensuring good implementation of assigned tasks.
Propose that ministries, branches and localities complete the development of criteria and regulations for evaluation and conduct reviews and screening of civil servants and public employees under their management, ensuring a minimum reduction of 20% of civil servants and public employees receiving salaries from the state budget to reduce staff according to the plan to reorganize and streamline the apparatus of ministries and branches in accordance with the roadmap for implementing policies prescribed in Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP.
For the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, the Steering Committee requests Party committees and Party organizations to lead and direct local agencies and units to complete the Project on reorganizing and streamlining the apparatus together with the draft Decision regulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of each agency, organization and unit in accordance with the direction of the Central Committee, the Politburo, the Central Steering Committee and the orientation and suggestions of the Government Steering Committee; carefully prepare the personnel plan, policies, headquarters, finance, assets, equipment, seals and other conditions to submit to competent authorities for promulgation immediately after the Central Committee and the National Assembly approve.
Accordingly, ensuring that immediately after the closing session of the National Assembly, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee announce decisions on the organization of specialized agencies under the Provincial and District People's Committees to operate immediately, without legal gaps, continuity, effectiveness and efficiency.
Notably, the Steering Committee requested localities to urgently complete the arrangement of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels, ensuring synchronous operations with the completion of the arrangement and streamlining of the Government's apparatus. Announce decisions related to the organizational arrangement in the period from February 18, 2025 to February 20, 2025.
According to Lao Dong, a number of provinces and cities have announced important decisions related to the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus and personnel work such as: Nam Dinh, Ben Tre, Dong Nai...

On February 19, the Standing Committee of the Nam Dinh Provincial Party Committee held a conference to announce decisions on the arrangement of the apparatus and personnel work.
The province has ended the operation of the Party delegations and Party Executive Committees established by the Provincial Party Committee; at the same time, established the Provincial People's Committee Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term, directly under the Provincial Party Committee, including Party organizations in specialized agencies, public service units under the Provincial People's Committee and a number of other agencies.
The Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee also held a conference to announce the decision to end the activities of Party delegations, Provincial Party Executive Committees; Provincial Party Committee of the Agencies-Enterprises Bloc. At the same time, the Party Committee of the Party agencies of Ben Tre province and the Party Committee of the People's Committee of Ben Tre province were established; the Propaganda Department and the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department were merged.