Regarding the proposed restructuring, Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra affirmed that the Central Committee agreed to merge 10 ministries into 5.
Specifically, the Ministry of Planning and Investment will be combined with the Ministry of Finance, forming the new Ministry of Finance. The construction and transportation sectors will be unified under the Ministry of Construction, while the agriculture and environment sectors will merge to become the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. The Ministry of Information and Communications will join forces with the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Home Affairs will incorporate the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs.
Additionally, the Central Committee approved the establishment of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and Religion. This new ministry will encompass the existing Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and also take on the management of religious affairs, which was previously under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
There are also plans to reorganize the inspection system by restructuring the Government Inspectorate and local and specialized inspection agencies.
Furthermore, the Central Committee agreed to the proposal of not establishing a police force at the district level. An exception will be made for island districts, which will have police stations due to the absence of communal-level administrative units. A pilot program will also be implemented to assess the impact of not establishing Party organizations in the police forces of municipal-level cities and provinces.
According to Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, the merger between the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance will result in a streamlined structure with 35 units, a reduction of 30 from the initial count. The new Ministry of Finance will have a total of over 69,400 civil servants and over 17,600 public employees.
The Ministry of Construction, formed by the merger of the construction and transportation sectors, will consist of 23 units, representing a reduction of 19 units compared to the pre-merger structure. This new ministry will have a total of over 2,000 civil servants and over 6,000 public employees.
The proposed merger between the agriculture and environment sectors will result in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, comprising 30 units and a total of over 2,800 civil servants and over 12,200 public employees. This merger will eliminate 25 units, achieving a reduction of 45.5%.
The unification of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs will create a new Ministry of Home Affairs with 22 units, 13 fewer than the initial count. This new ministry will have 891 civil servants and over 4,300 public employees.
The combination of the Ministry of Information and Communications with the Ministry of Science and Technology will result in the new Ministry of Science and Technology, consisting of 26 units. This merger will eliminate 16 units, representing a reduction of 38.1%. The new ministry will have over 1,000 civil servants and over 2,300 public employees.
As for the remaining ministries and sectors, internal restructuring will be carried out to streamline their organizations. The Ministry of Education and Training, currently with 24 units, will be reorganized into 18 units, with a total of 635 civil servants and 21,124 public employees.
The Ministry of Health, with its current 24 units, will be restructured to have 20 units, comprising 872 civil servants and 14,477 public employees. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which currently has 40 units, will be streamlined to 24 units, with 1,282 civil servants and 415 public employees.
The newly established Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and Religion will have 13 units, a reduction of 3 units, and a total of 320 civil servants and 765 public employees. The Ministry of National Defense will take over the management of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, and after the reorganization, it will have 7 fewer units, including 1 general department, 4 departments, and 2 institutes, with a separate proposal to be reported to the Politburo.
The Ministry of Public Security will assume additional functions and tasks from various ministries and sectors. These include drug rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation management from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs; judicial records and the provision of public services for judicial record certificates from the Ministry of Justice; driving license testing and issuance from the Ministry of Transport; information security and cybersecurity from the Ministry of Information and Communications; and aviation security at airports and on aircraft.
Regarding the management of entry and exit activities, the Ministry of Public Security will maintain the current stability. Additionally, the ministry will conduct a study on the dissolution of the district-level police force, with a separate proposal to be reported to the Politburo.
The Ministry of Justice will have 5 fewer units compared to its current structure, with a total of 9,095 civil servants and 428 public employees. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will reduce its units by 6, with 1,398 civil servants and 7,858 public employees. Following the transfer of press and publishing management functions from the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism will reorganize its structure to have 25 units, a reduction of 5, with 910 civil servants and 4,850 public employees.
The Government Office will have 3 fewer units than its current structure, with a total of 673 civil servants and 161 public employees.
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