On December 4, 2024, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a Government conference to disseminate and deploy the summary of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the 12th Party Central Committee "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently".
Speaking at the conference, the Prime Minister stated that in the current context, we must both complete the tasks for 2024, review to complete the tasks for the entire term, and organize and streamline the apparatus.
According to the Prime Minister, streamlining the apparatus is difficult, even very difficult, but it cannot be done and no matter how difficult it is, it must be done, because the current apparatus is cumbersome, with many intermediate levels and administrative levels, leading to many work bottlenecks.
This restructuring and streamlining of the apparatus needs to be associated with promoting the personal responsibility of each member of the Government, ministers, heads of sectors, and individual leaders of agencies.
Along with streamlining the payroll, restructuring and improving the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees, with selecting the right and qualified staff, promoting the personal responsibility of each person with assigned tasks, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, putting the common interest first and foremost.
At the same time, we must do a good job of ideological work, unify our will to act and work together, "The Party has directed, the Government has agreed, the National Assembly has agreed, the people have supported, then we only discuss doing, not retreating".
Regarding time, methods, and approaches, the Prime Minister requested ministries, branches, and agencies to thoroughly grasp the direction of the Central Steering Committee and the Government Steering Committee, promptly establish a Steering Committee with a working group of their ministries and branches to organize the implementation of the summary of Resolution 18 and promote a proactive spirit in arranging according to the Central's roadmap and general instructions.
Ministers spend time, focus on leading and directing this work well.
The Prime Minister also noted that it is necessary to both reorganize the Party organization and the system of state management agencies, and to do so in accordance with the direction of the Central Committee and the Government's Steering Committee. The process of reorganizing and streamlining the apparatus must both fulfill political tasks and summarize the year 2024.
Therefore, it is necessary to assign specific tasks to leaders of ministries and branches in the spirit of maximizing functions, tasks, powers and personal responsibilities.
Regarding the plan to reorganize and streamline the apparatus, the Prime Minister requested the general goal to soon complete the construction of functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structures of each agency to be appropriate, effective, and streamlined, and to use a more elite staff.
Organize multi-sectoral and multi-field ministries, reduce intermediary steps, basically end the model of general departments under ministries; choose short names for ministries and agencies that cover functions and tasks, have historical and inherited characteristics, especially for merged ministries.
For state-owned corporations and groups, it is necessary to summarize and promote existing successful models, research and select appropriate models to effectively manage capital, develop state capital and focus on investment, and evaluate the operations of state-owned enterprises based on overall efficiency.
The Prime Minister also requested to carry out political and ideological work well, ensuring policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers when streamlining the organizational apparatus and reducing staff. Review legal documents to avoid legal gaps and develop plans so that when the arrangement is completed, work can be started immediately.
