Information related to the arrangement of public service units has received much attention from readers.
Concluding the recent October 2025 working session of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the workload in the fourth quarter is very massive and heavy, placed in the new context.
The Minister thoroughly grasped the need to perfect the institutional system and policies related to the fields of civil servants, public employees, staff organization, and local government.
Next, she requested the Ministry's cadres and civil servants to focus on solving the problem of organizing the apparatus and staffing to suit the requirements of new development.
After the assessment, the Government will issue a new decree determining the number of administrative units and staffing organizations based on the classification of administrative units, population size, natural area, socio-economic scale and specific factors.
The Minister requested a drastic and active focus, setting out strict principles to complete the plan to reorganize public service units of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and 34 provinces and cities to report to the Government Party Committee. This is a heavy matter and a very urgent requirement, so the Ministry of Home Affairs cannot delay to report to the Politburo before October 15.
In Plan 130 on the arrangement of public service units, state-owned enterprises, and organizations within the state administrative system, the Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the Government requested ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (Ministries, branches, localities) to implement a number of key contents.
Accordingly, for central public service units under the organizational structure, continue to review, arrange, and improve to ensure streamlining, improving quality, and efficiency.
For units outside the organizational structure, only units serving political tasks and leading units associated with the functions and tasks of ministries and branches will be retained.
The rest will be converted into a joint stock company when meeting the conditions, as well as reviewing and arranging the organization internally, meeting the establishment criteria according to requirements.
With academies, universities, universities, vocational training institutions, build a number of advanced schools and training centers specializing in artificial intelligence. Vocational training institutions are arranged to ensure streamlining, efficiency, meeting standards, and strong decentralization.
Arrange and restructure higher education institutions; merge and dissolve substandard higher education institutions; eliminate intermediate levels, ensure streamlined, unified and effective governance; research and merger of research institutes with higher education institutions, transfer some universities to local management.
For hospitals, continue to arrange and transfer a number of hospitals under the Ministry of Health to the provincial level for management. The Ministry only manages high-tech, leading specialized hospitals. Completing and improving the capacity of the preventive health system, increasing expanded immunization.
