On December 13, Nghe An province approved a plan to reorganize and streamline the apparatus according to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 15, 2017 of the 12th Party Central Committee.
Accordingly, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department will be merged. Two new Party Committees will be established under the Provincial Party Committee, including: Party Committees of Party agencies, mass organizations, People's Councils, and provincial judiciary, and Party Committees of provincial government.
Ending the activities of the Provincial Agencies Party Committee and the Provincial Enterprises Party Committee: mobilizing and arranging the existing cadres, civil servants and employees of the 2 Party Committees of the Blocks to work at the 2 newly established Party Committees.
Ending the activities of 11 party delegations and party executive committees of provincial agencies and units. Ending the activities of the Provincial Cadre Health Care and Protection Board (transferring functions and tasks to the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board, the Department of Health and the Provincial General Hospital).
Merge the Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Finance. Merge the Department of Transport and the Department of Construction. Merge the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Merge the Department of Information and Communications and the Department of Science and Technology.
Merge the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (transfer functions and tasks of vocational education to the Department of Education and Training; transfer functions and tasks of social protection, children, and prevention of social evils to the Department of Health; transfer functions and tasks of poverty reduction to the Provincial Ethnic Committee). Merge the Department of Culture, Sports and the Department of Tourism.
End the operation of the Provincial Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion. Transfer functions and tasks to other departments and branches.
The Provincial Ethnic Committee receives the original functions, tasks, organizational structure, and staff of the Religious Committee under the Department of Home Affairs to the Provincial Ethnic Committee; establishes the Ethnic - Religious Committee under the Provincial People's Committee; Receives the functions and tasks of poverty reduction work and cadres and civil servants by field (if any) transferred from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Department of Education and Training takes over the functions and tasks of vocational education, along with the organization and staff of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Proactively develop plans to arrange, restructure, and reduce the number of vocational education institutions.
The Department of Health receives functions and tasks in the fields of social protection, children, and prevention of social evils associated with the organization and staff, civil servants, public employees, and workers in the field from the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs (including leaders and managers, if any).
The Department of Health directed the Provincial General Hospital to develop a plan to receive the organizational structure, staff, civil servants, and employees (including finances and assets) from the Provincial Cadre Health Care Protection Board.
The Department of Industry and Trade takes over the functions, tasks of trade promotion and staff transferred from the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion.
The Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Finance will take over the functions and tasks of investment promotion and the staff transferred from the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion.
The Department of Culture, Sports and the Department of Tourism will take over the functions and tasks of tourism promotion and the staff transferred from the Center for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion.
