Transfer 100% of district-level staff to commune-level after merger

The Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a two-level local government organization model has just sent a document to the Provincial Party Committee and the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities on the orientation of a number of tasks for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels.

Regarding local government at the commune level (commune, ward, special zone), the Steering Committee said the structure orientation includes the People's Council and People's Committee.

The People's Council establishes 2 committees: the Legal Committee and the Economic - Social Committee. The People's Committee establishes a maximum of 4 departments and equivalents suitable to the characteristics of urban, rural and island areas, including: Office of the People's Council and People's Committee, Economic Department (for communes and special zones) or Economic, Infrastructure and Urban Department (for wards and special zones in Phu Quoc), Cultural - Social Department, Public Administration Service Center (identified as other administrative organizations under the People's Committee at the commune level).

The commune is not arranged to have no more than 40 staff.

The Steering Committee assigns the Provincial People's Committee to decide on the appropriate number of specialized agencies under the People's Committee (but not exceeding 4 departments and equivalent). In case the locality organizes the number of specialized agencies under the Commune People's Committee under 3 focal points, it can arrange for an additional Vice Chairman of the People's Committee to directly lead and direct.

For commune-level administrative units that remain the same (not rearranged), the locality shall, based on reality, consider and decide on the appropriate number of specialized agencies under the People's Committee or not organize specialized departments according to general instructions (except for existing People's Council committees), but assign specialized civil servants to directly take on job positions.

In case there are no specialized departments under the People's Committee at the commune level, the People's Committee at the provincial level shall decide to increase the number of staff compared to the current number of staff at the commune level to perform the new tasks transferred from the district level.

The expected number of staff is no more than 40 officials and civil servants, focusing on civil servants directly responsible for the fields of Party building, work of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, and government work.

For island districts and island cities with commune-level administrative units under their management, when being reorganized into special zones, the operation of commune-level administrative units will end and the current number of specialized agencies of island districts and island cities will be kept unchanged; then, new instructions from the Government will be implemented.

Regarding titles, the Steering Committee orients the leadership of the People's Council at the commune level to include a Chairman and 1 Vice Chairman. The leadership of the People's Committee at the commune level to include a Chairman and 2 Vice Chairmen (1 Vice Chairman concurrently holding the position of Chief of Office of the People's Council and People's Committee, 1 Vice Chairman concurrently holding the position of Director of the Public Administration Service Center).

The committees of the People's Council have a Head and 1 Deputy Head. The departments and equivalents of the People's Committee have a Head (full-time position or concurrently held by the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee) and 1 Deputy.

In case the commune-level administrative unit remains the same (not rearranged) and does not organize specialized departments, the number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee at the commune level can be increased by 1 Vice Chairman to ensure the leadership and management role of the government in serving the people and businesses.

On average, each commune level has about 32 positions.

Regarding staffing, 100% of the existing district-level staffing will be transferred to commune-level staffing, in which the current leadership and management staff of the district-level political system will be arranged as the core staff at the new commune-level units; it is possible to increase provincial-level staff, civil servants and public employees to the commune level.

The Steering Committee requests that in the immediate future, the current number of staff and civil servants at district and commune levels be maintained to arrange work at the commune level and to review and streamline staff in conjunction with restructuring and improving the quality of the team to meet task requirements, ensuring that within a period of 5 years, they will basically comply with regulations.

The average expected staff of each commune level is about 32 staff (not including party and mass organizations).

Regarding the staffing of public service units, according to the guidance of the ministry managing the sector or field, localities are responsible for arranging the staffing quota for civil servants receiving salaries from the budget within the total staffing assigned by competent authorities.

Communes and wards will end the use of part-time workers at the commune level from August 1.