The Central Organizing Committee has just sent a document to the provincial Party Committees, city Party Committees, Party Committees directly under the Central Committee, Central Party Committees and central agencies and organizations on the orientation of the number of deputy heads of agencies and organizations in the political system.
In this document, the Central Organizing Committee stated the determination of the number of deputy heads in agencies and organizations. In which, for agencies and organizations at the central and local levels that do not implement consolidation and merger, as follows:
The number of Deputy Ministers and equivalent, Vice Chairmen of People's Councils, People's Committees at the provincial and commune levels and equivalent...; the number of focal deputy levels within agencies and organizations at the central and local levels shall basically comply with current regulations.
For agencies and organizations at the central and local levels, there is no regulation on the maximum number of deputy heads:
At the Central level: The maximum number of Deputy Ministers and equivalents shall not exceed 5 people (Ensure correlation with the regulations on the number of Deputy Ministers and deputy heads of ministerial-level agencies as prescribed in the Law on Government Organization); Deputy heads of Party departments and agencies at the Central level shall comply with the regulations of the Central Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat;
The maximum number of deputy heads and equivalents must not exceed 3 people (Ensure correlation with the regulations on the number of deputy heads of departments and agencies under ministries and branches); special cases decided by competent authorities;
The maximum number of deputy heads of departments and equivalents shall comply with the regulations on the number of deputy heads of departments and equivalents under ministries and branches.
In localities: Implement according to regulations on the number of deputy heads of equivalent titles and positions under provincial departments, branches, and commune-level departments.