Mr. Hoang Hai Van, Director of the Organization and Personnel Department of the Ministry of Construction, shared at the Conference on Summing up 2024 and Directions, Key Tasks, and Solutions for 2025, held on December 14, on the integration of the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Transport.
According to Mr. Hoang Hai Van, following the directive on streamlining and reorganizing the government, in the past two weeks, the Ministry of Construction has been working urgently with the Ministry of Transport to develop a proposal for the integration of the two ministries.
The proposal for integration is built on the principle of treating the two ministries as one, without distinguishing between “us” and “them,” to frankly assess overlapping functions and tasks or those that are interconnected. As a result, bold and innovative proposals are put forward to restructure, merge, or dissolve units from both ministries towards a more streamlined, scientific, and efficient structure.
Historically, the Ministry of Construction was established in 1958 and has been in operation for over 65 years, while the Ministry of Transport was founded in 1945, marking nearly 80 years of existence.
Headquarters of the Ministry of Construction. Photo: The Anh
The names “Ministry of Construction” and “Ministry of Transport” have a long history and have been appropriate for their respective state management functions in previous periods, closely associated with their formation history. The proposed name for the integrated ministry is the “Ministry of Construction and Transport.”
Before the integration, the two ministries had a total of 42 units, with 19 units in the Ministry of Construction and 23 units in the Ministry of Transport.
It is expected that after the reorganization and integration, there will be 25-27 units, equivalent to a reduction of 35-40% in the total number of units. This includes 6 units in the advisory and synthesis block, 14-16 units in the specialized block, and 5 units in the public service block.
Regarding the internal restructuring of the Ministry of Construction, after 7 years of implementing Resolution 18, the ministry now has 15 administrative units, having dissolved 2 administrative units; the number of division-level units decreased from 57 to 41 (a reduction of 19.3%)
In 2019, the Ministry merged the Administration and Archives Office under the Ministry of Construction into the Administration – Archives Office; reduced the number of division-level units in the Housing and Real Estate Market Management Department from 9 to 6; and removed all divisions within the Departments (completely removing divisions from the Planning – Finance Department and the Organization and Personnel Department)
The Ministry of Construction has handed over the management of 14 units to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and local authorities; transferred the Construction Hospital to the management of Hanoi National University; and the Viet Tri Construction Hospital and two Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation centers to local management. To date, the Ministry of Construction has 18 public service units under its management.
