In Resolution No. 233/NQ-CP of the regular Government meeting in November 2024, the Government requested ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government to thoroughly grasp the contents of the orientation and plan, and progress of the arrangement and streamlining of the Government's apparatus organization according to the requirements of the Central Steering Committee summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW.
Propose plans to improve the organizational structure; have solutions to resolve policies and issues related to personnel work.
According to the Government Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction will be merged. It is expected that the names of the two ministries after the merger will be decided as "Ministry of Construction and Transport".
Basically, the work of developing the summary report of Resolution 18 and the draft project to merge the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Transport has been completed.
In particular, the Ministry of Construction did not form a general department level, did not establish a number of administrative organizations that are present in other ministries such as the Department of Emulation and Reward, the Department of Administration... but these organizations were all streamlined into departments within the units under the Ministry. The Ministry of Construction is also one of the first ministries to abandon the department model within the department.
The Ministry of Construction has also transferred 5 enterprises to the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC), divesting all state capital in 5 enterprises. Up to now, the Ministry of Construction only represents the owner in 6 enterprises, a reduction of 10 enterprises, equivalent to 62.5% of the total number of state-owned enterprises previously.
The number of focal points in the structure of the two ministries before the merger was 42 units; of which the Ministry of Construction had 19 units and the Ministry of Transport had 23 units. It is expected that after the arrangement, merger and consolidation, there will be 25-27 units, a reduction of 35-40% of the total number of focal points.
In which: the general staff block includes 6 units; the specialized block has about 14-16 units; the public service block has 5 units.
Before December 20, 2024, the Department of Organization and Personnel (Ministry of Construction) will continue to advise the leaders of the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Transport to work with the Ministry of Home Affairs to complete the plan to reorganize the apparatus after the merger, and submit it to the Government Steering Committee.
Regarding the structure of the Public Service Unit Block according to the Prime Minister's Decision as follows:
The number of public service units of the two ministries before the merger was 32 units. It is expected that after the arrangement, merger, and consolidation, the number will decrease to only 23 units (a decrease of 09 units, equivalent to 28%).
Regarding the group of corporations, state-owned enterprises, and enterprises with state capital contributed by ministries as owners, the number of enterprises represented by the two ministries as owners before the merger was 14 enterprises (6 enterprises of the Ministry of Construction; 8 enterprises of the Ministry of Transport).
After 7 years of implementing Resolution 18, the number of staff assigned to the Ministry of Construction has decreased by 7.5%, now only 357 staff; a decrease of 565 people, equivalent to 14% of the total number of people working and receiving salaries from career revenue at public career units of the Ministry of Construction.
By 2024, the Ministry will have about 3,500 people working and receiving salaries from the state budget and 380 people working and receiving salaries from career revenue sources.
