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, the Ministry of Construction has been working intensively with the Ministry of Transport over the past two weeks to develop a proposal for integrating 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.” This approach involves honestly evaluating overlapping functions and tasks and those that are interconnected. As a result, bold and innovative suggestions have been made to restructure the units of the two ministries towards a more streamlined and scientific structure, ultimately enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency.
The Ministry of Construction was established in 1958 and has been in operation for over 65 years. On the other hand, the Ministry of Transport has an even longer history, dating back to 1945, making it nearly 80 years old.
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 roles in managing state functions in previous periods. 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 anticipated that after the reorganization, integration, and merger, the number of units will be reduced to 25-27, equivalent to a decrease of 35-40% in the total number of units. This includes 6 units in the advisory-synthesis block, approximately 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 currently has 15 administrative units and has dissolved 2 directly subordinate administrative units. It has also reduced the number of division-level units from 57 to 41, a decrease of 19.3%.
In 2019, the Ministry merged the Administrative and Archives Office under the Ministry of Construction into the Administrative – Archives Office. It also reduced the number of division-level units in the Department of Housing and Real Estate Market Management from 9 to 6 and removed all divisions within the Departments (specifically in the Finance and Personnel 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. The Construction Hospital has been transferred to the management of Hanoi National University. The Viet Tri Construction Hospital and two Rehabilitation Centers have been transferred to local management. The ministry has also completed the merger of the Southern Institute of Urban and Rural Planning into the National Institute of Urban and Rural Planning. Currently, the Ministry of Construction has 18 public service units under its management.
