The Central Executive Committee will meet on January 23-24, and the National Assembly is expected to hold a session between February 12 and 17, according to a document from the Government Steering Committee on summarizing Resolution No. 18 of the Central Committee.
This content is mentioned in Document No. 06 signed and issued by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh - Deputy Head of the Government's Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18 - to urge ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government to complete plans to arrange and streamline the organizational apparatus.
At the 9th meeting of the Government Steering Committee summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18 on January 11, the Steering Committee agreed on a plan to submit to competent authorities for the Government's organizational structure.
According to this plan, the Government apparatus is expected to have 22 ministries and agencies, including 17 ministries and ministerial-level agencies (reducing 5 ministries and ministerial-level agencies) and 5 agencies under the Government (reducing 3 agencies).
The process of streamlining the apparatus reduced 13/13 general departments and equivalent organizations; reduced 518 departments and equivalent organizations (including 59 departments and equivalent organizations belonging to ministries and ministerial-level agencies, and 459 departments and equivalent organizations belonging to general departments).
Reduce 218 departments and equivalent organizations (including 120 departments and equivalent organizations belonging to ministries and ministerial-level agencies, and 98 departments and equivalent organizations belonging to general departments). Reduce 2,958 branches and equivalent organizations.
In addition, according to the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the process of restructuring reduced 201 public service units (including public service units not specified in the decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies).
Speaking with Lao Dong, Associate Professor Dr. Bui Hoai Son - Standing Member of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education - said that merging ministries and branches with similar functions is an important solution to optimize the effectiveness of state management, save resources and modernize the administrative apparatus.
"Resolution No. 18 of the Central Committee laid the foundation for this change when it emphasized the study of theoretical and practical bases for multi-sectoral and multi-field management, while proposing solutions to improve the organization and reduce units. This shows a long-term vision and determination to reform to meet the requirements of national development," said Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hoai Son.
According to Mr. Son, the current socio-economic context and the development of legal basis and information technology infrastructure have created favorable conditions to promote this process.
Merging ministries and sectors with similar functions not only helps overcome limitations related to overlapping functions between agencies and waste of resources, but also creates more effective coordination, ensuring consistency in management.
