On June 3, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs said that it has so far received and appraised proposals from 40 agencies and units, thereby unifying 1,218 cadres and civil servants eligible for early retirement benefits according to Decree 178/2024 and Decree 67/2025 of the Government.
Previously, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee authorized departments, branches and the Thu Duc City People's Committee, districts to conduct screening and decide on subjects to quit their jobs according to regulations. On this basis, heads of agencies and units will issue decisions approving the list and funding for implementing related regimes and policies.
To support non-professional cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers after their retirement, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs has implemented a connection and career counseling plan to help them soon stabilize their lives and have new directions suitable for their personal abilities.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs also requested agencies and units to urgently resolve the regime and policies for cases of early retirement and resignation under the administrative apparatus arrangement, ensuring full benefits in accordance with current regulations.
At the same time, the Department of Home Affairs will continue to coordinate with the Department of Finance and Social Insurance of Ho Chi Minh City to appraise and submit to the Council and Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee in cases of retirement before age, quit jobs under the leadership, management of the department and district level - those under the appointment, recognition and ratification of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.
At the same time, coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee's Organizing Committee to review the application for early retirement and resignation for cadres in the Party, the Front and mass organizations.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City is conducting a comprehensive review of the team of cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in the political system.
On that basis, units must develop a project to reorganize and a plan to restructure personnel, in accordance with the orientation of the Central Government, the City Party Committee and the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City.
According to the plan, in the next 5 years, Ho Chi Minh City aims to reduce at least 20% of the number of cadres, civil servants, and public employees receiving salaries from the budget, equivalent to a streamlining rate of about 4% per year.
According to the Project on reorganizing commune-level administrative units in 2025, Ho Chi Minh City will streamline the number of commune-level administrative units to 102, including 78 wards and 24 communes.
After the arrangement, at the district level, 4,946 civil servant staffing quotas will be re-allocated to the commune level. In particular, the current force of cadres, leaders and managers at the district level will play a core role in the new commune-level administrative units.
61,998 civil servants and employees receiving salaries from the budget at the district level will be transferred to the commune level, in accordance with the assignment of management to new public service units established after the arrangement.
In the ward, commune and town blocks, 6,627 cadres and civil servants working at the current commune-level People's Committees (including 2,011 cadres and 4,616 civil servants) will be retained in the commune-level payroll after the arrangement.
After adjustment, the total number of commune-level cadres and civil servants in Ho Chi Minh City will be 11,573 people.
Notably, 5,562 non-professional workers at the commune level will be given the regimes and policies according to regulations and completed in 2025.
