At the Conference on Reviewing the Results of the Agriculture and Rural Development Sector in 2024 and Deploying Plans for 2025, held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on the afternoon of December 27, Mr. Le Minh Hoan, Minister of MARD, announced: “According to the merger proposal, the unified name after the merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will be the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. The new ministry’s organizational structure will consist of 30 units, a reduction of 25 units compared to the current 55 units in the structure of the two ministries (equivalent to a reduction of over 45%)”
Speaking on this issue, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed the MARD to coordinate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to urgently complete the review and report on the implementation of Resolution 18-NQ/TW, and submit the merger proposal as planned by the Central Steering Committee.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks about the merger of the MARD and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. |
The Prime Minister requested that the units focus on improving planning, strategy development, institutional perfection, and policy mechanisms; removing institutional bottlenecks to promote rapid and sustainable development. The process of streamlining and improving the apparatus is based on the following general principles:
First, ensure that no functions and tasks are overlooked and that they are improved comprehensively and thoroughly.
Second, avoid overlapping functions and tasks and minimize intersections.
Third, enhance decentralization and delegation of power, along with the allocation of resources. At the same time, strengthen supervision and inspection and improve the implementation capacity of lower levels, eliminating intermediary links to prevent harassment and causing difficulties for people and businesses.
Fourth, ensure transparency and publicity and utilize digital transformation in the apparatus to reduce input costs for people and businesses.
The Prime Minister emphasized: “In particular, the apparatus transformation should not be rigid but flexible, aiming to achieve the common goal of a streamlined, effective, and reduced apparatus, along with restructuring and improving the quality of the cadre of civil servants and public employees. All sacrifices are made for the common goal.”
“I acknowledge the efforts of the two ministries in reducing the number of units from 55 to 30. With this reduction, there will also be a decrease in administrative procedures. The streamlining of the apparatus must be done swiftly and decisively, valuing time, intelligence, and resoluteness, and at the right time. The arrangement of the apparatus must be stabilized immediately,” the Prime Minister stressed.
Regarding the merger timeline, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared that the merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will be discussed at the Central Committee meeting in January 2025 and approved by the National Assembly in February 2025, after which the official merger will take place. Between now and January 15, the two ministries are expected to complete the merger goals set by the Central Steering Committee.
Thanh Huyen
– 20:15 27/12/2024
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