To ensure the urgency, timeliness and connectivity in the process of arranging local professional agencies in sync with the arrangement of ministries and branches at the central level, the Ministry of Home Affairs has drafted a new Government Decree regulating the organization of professional agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels.
In the draft, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed to have 16 departments, of which 6 departments will remain stable in terms of name, functions and tasks; 5 departments will be formed after the merger corresponding to the arrangement of ministries at the Central level; 5 departments will receive and add functions.
After the reorganization, there are 12 unified departments and 6 specialized departments.
The departments are organized in a unified manner, including: Department of Home Affairs; Department of Justice; Department of Finance; Department of Construction; Department of Agriculture and Environment; Department of Science and Technology; Department of Health; Department of Education and Training; Department of Industry and Trade; Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Inspectorate; Office of the People's Committee.
Of which, 5 departments were formed from the merger of 10 departments and branches corresponding to the arrangement of ministries at the Central level; 4 departments were kept intact and received and supplemented with functions and tasks.
The Department of Finance was established on the basis of merging the Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Finance.
The Department of Construction was established on the basis of merging the Department of Transport and the Department of Construction (not performing the functions and tasks of testing and granting driving licenses for road motor vehicles).
The Department of Agriculture and Environment was established on the basis of merging the Department of Natural Resources and Environment with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (receiving the functions and tasks of poverty reduction management from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs).
The Department of Science and Technology was established from the merger of the Department of Information and Communications with the Department of Science and Technology (transferring the management function of press and publishing from the Department of Information and Communications to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism).
The Department of Home Affairs was established from the merger of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs with the Department of Home Affairs. This Department performs the functions and tasks of the current Department of Home Affairs and the functions and tasks of advising on state management of labor, wages; employment; meritorious people; gender equality; occupational safety and hygiene; and social insurance from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Department of Health receives the functions, tasks and organization of the state management staff on social protection; children and prevention and control of social evils (not performing tasks on drug addiction treatment and post-drug addiction treatment management); managing and using the Children's Protection Fund according to regulations from the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Department of Education and Training will take over the functions, tasks and organization of the state management advisory apparatus on vocational education from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Department of Industry and Trade received the original status of the Local Market Management Department from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and reorganized it into the Market Management Department under the Department of Industry and Trade.
The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism takes over the functions and tasks of advising on state management of press and publishing from the Department of Information and Communications.
4 specially organized departments, including: Department of Ethnicity and Religion; Department of Foreign Affairs; Department of Tourism; Department of Planning and Architecture.
In which, the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions was formed from the Ethnic Minorities Committee, receiving the functions, tasks and organization of the state management advisory apparatus on beliefs and religions from the Department of Home Affairs.
