At the 9th meeting of the Government's Steering Committee for Administrative Reform held on the afternoon of January 15, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Cao Huy reported on the results of reforming the state administrative apparatus in 2024.
Up to now, ministries and branches have completed 18/21 (85.71%) tasks; have not completed 3/21 (14.28%) tasks, the remaining 42 tasks are regular tasks (1 task requested to be postponed to 2025).
Performing the role of the Government's standing agency for administrative reform, the Ministry of Home Affairs has stepped up monitoring, urging and guiding ministries, branches and localities in implementing administrative reform.
Institutions are identified as one of three strategic breakthroughs for national construction and development; the National Assembly and the Government identify institutional bottlenecks as the "bottlenecks" of "bottlenecks" that need to be cleared.
The Government has organized 11 thematic meetings on law-making, thereby promptly directing, orienting, and removing difficulties and obstacles in law-making.
The Government submitted to the National Assembly 29 laws for approval, an increase of 13 laws compared to 2023; the Government issued 182 decrees, an increase of 90 decrees compared to 2023, and issued 496 circulars under its authority. Thereby, continuing to perfect the institutions of the administrative system, promptly adapting and effectively adjusting socio-economic relations.
The Government and the Prime Minister continue to direct the acceleration of administrative reform, reorganizing and perfecting the organizational structure towards streamlining, effective and efficient operations in the spirit of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has submitted to the Prime Minister a Decision to establish a Steering Committee to review the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on the basis of reorganizing the Steering Committee to review 20 years of implementing the Government's organizational model.
The results of the reorganization of the state administrative apparatus at all levels in 63 provinces and cities have continued to reduce 12 branches, departments and equivalents of specialized agencies under the provincial People's Committee; reduced 29 departments and equivalents under the district People's Committee; accumulated to date, 13 Departments and equivalents, 2,613 departments and equivalents at the local level have been reduced.
Accumulated to October 30, 2024, the result of streamlining the payroll of civil servants and public employees of ministries, branches and localities according to the provisions of the Government's Decrees is a total of 16,149 people; of which, ministries and branches are 217 people, localities are 15,932 people.
Regarding the arrangement of administrative units (Us) at district and commune levels: Implementing Conclusion No. 48-KL/TW of the Politburo on continuing to arrange administrative units at district and commune levels in the period of 2023 - 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs has presided over the completion of documents to submit to the Government for submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee for approval of 51/51 Projects of localities subject to arrangement.
The results of the implementation so far have been the establishment of a new Hue City directly under the Central Government; the arrangement of 38 district-level administrative units and 1,178 commune-level administrative units; after the arrangement, 9 district-level units and 563 commune-level units were reduced;
At the same time, establish and upgrade 137 urban administrative units to promote urbanization speed, striving to have 45% of urban administrative units by 2025 according to Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.
