Ministry of Industry and Trade abolishes General Department of Market Management

The content is stated in the urgent dispatch of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the conclusion of the Central Steering Committee regarding the arrangement of the administrative apparatus.

Accordingly, the Party Executive Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Trade agreed to end the model of a general department under the ministry with the General Department of Market Management. This unit will be studied and proposed to be arranged according to the new model.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also reviewed and reorganized its apparatus in a streamlined and efficient manner. The units under the ministry were asked to promptly review their operations and propose whether or not to continue maintaining the unit.

In case of proposing to continue maintaining the unit, the Ministry of Industry and Trade requests the units to have a plan to arrange an effective organizational model. Conversely, in case the unit is assessed as not necessary to maintain, the units must have a plan to arrange and reorganize. The report must be sent to the Ministry before December 8.

The General Department of Market Management was established under Decision 34/2018 of the Prime Minister, on the basis of upgrading from the Market Management Department. This unit belongs to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, managed by a Director General and no more than 4 Deputy Directors General. Currently, the Director General is Mr. Tran Huu Linh. The remaining four Deputy Directors General include: Mr. Hoang Anh Duong, Ms. Chu Thi Thu Huong, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nam.

At the time of establishment, the structure of market management was reorganized vertically. Specifically, the provincial and municipal Market Management Departments will be under the direct management of the General Department. The district and county market management teams... are under the management of the provincial and municipal departments.

Regarding its functions, the General Department is assigned to advise and assist the Minister of Industry and Trade in managing and organizing law enforcement on preventing, combating and handling acts of trading in smuggled goods; producing and trading in counterfeit goods, banned goods, goods of unknown origin; acts of infringement of intellectual property rights...