The Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the development of a model for organizing local government at 2 levels of the Government has just issued Official Letter 09/CV-BCD to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities on the orientation for temporary arrangement of staff when arranging administrative units and organizing local government at 2 levels.
In the document, the Steering Committee assigned specific tasks to ministries and branches.
Accordingly, for ministries managing sectors and fields: Review relevant legal documents, urgently guide functions, tasks, and powers according to sectors and fields under their management for specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and commune levels in accordance with the 2-level local government organization model, issued before June 15, 2025.
Guiding the number of people working in public service units under the management of sectors and fields; in accordance with the orientation of arranging public service units at the commune level.
For the Ministry of Home Affairs, complete the draft Decree on the organization of specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and commune levels, as a basis for localities to implement, and submit to the Government for timely promulgation for local authorities at both levels to come into operation.
Complete regulations on payroll management according to the principle of management according to goals and promote decentralization and delegation of authority to local authorities in the management and use of payroll.
The Ministry of the Interior is also mating with the Central Organizing Committee in completing the regulations on the criteria of the payroll of agencies, organizations and units in the political system and advising the Politburo with the total payroll of civil servants and public employees for the period 2026-2030; at the same time, carry out the management of payroll in accordance with the Politburo's regulations.
For People's Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government: In the immediate future, the number of staff and civil servants of the district and commune levels is available to arrange working at the new commune level and to review and streamline the payroll associated with restructuring, improving the quality of the team that meets the task requirements and ensuring that within the 5 -year period in accordance with the Government's regulations.
Based on the Government's regulations on the organization of specialized agencies of the People's Committee of the commune, the orientation of the payroll arrangement in this document and the principles of payroll transfer in Official Letter No. 03/CV-BCD dated April 15, 2025 of the Steering Committee of the Government, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities in charge of management and distribution of civil servants at commune-level authorities in the granted payroll.
The implementation is in accordance with the administrative unit arrangement plan, the actual situation of the locality, ensuring balance between communes, meeting the requirements of work and completing assigned tasks.
The Government Steering Committee recommends that localities base on the above orientation and practical conditions to implement it, ensuring that local authorities at both levels operate continuously, unitedly, without interruption, meeting the requirements of streamlining the apparatus, operating effectively, efficiently and efficiently.
During the implementation process, if there are any difficulties or problems, please report to the Ministry of Home Affairs and ministries managing sectors and fields for synthesis and answers according to regulations.
