Arrange and streamline the apparatus of general departments, bureaus, divisions, and public service units under ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has just signed and issued Document No. 141/KH-BCĐTKNQ18 dated December 6, 2024 of the Steering Committee for summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on the plan to guide the arrangement and streamlining of the Government's apparatus, which includes the plan to arrange organizations within ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

Arrange the departments

For general departments and organizations equivalent to general departments: Propose that ministries and ministerial-level agencies develop plans for arrangement and reorganization, ensuring streamlining, and basically not maintaining the model of general departments under ministries.

In case it is necessary to maintain the general department model, ministries and ministerial-level agencies are requested to report to the Government Steering Committee to seek the opinion of the Central Steering Committee for consideration and direction.

Arrange departments, bureaus, and public service units

For departments, bureaus, and public service units,Plan 141/KH-BCĐTKNQ18 dated December 6, 2024 of the Steering Committee for summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the Government provides the following directions:

For units with general advisory functions:It is recommended that each ministry maintain only one organizational focal point corresponding to the following areas: (1) personnel organization, (2) legal affairs, (3) international cooperation, (4) office, (5) financial planning, (6) inspection.

For departments and offices performing advisory functions and organizing the implementation of specialized state management tasks:

It is recommended to review, arrange and consolidate these organizations in a streamlined manner, in accordance with the requirements of state management for sectors and fields, only maintaining departments and bureaus with specialized management objects, ensuring that they meet the criteria and conditions prescribed by the Government.

For departments and bureaus with the task of connecting and connecting, it is recommended to arrange and consolidate these departments and bureaus into one focal point.

Minimize the transfer of cases into departments, except in cases where it is necessary to promote decentralization of handling authority according to the state management function of the ministry.

Maintain a maximum of 5 public service units performing state management functions

For public service units: Propose to arrange and consolidate public service units according to the requirements of Resolution 19-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the 6th Central Conference, Session XII, the Central Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, the Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, regulations of the Government, and directions of the Prime Minister, including:

For ministries and ministerial-level agencies

- For public service units within the organizational structure: Only maintain a maximum of 5 public service units performing the function of serving state management within the organizational structure of ministries and branches (including: institutes; magazines; newspapers; information centers; schools for training and fostering cadres, civil servants and public employees); at the same time, arrange the internal organization of public service units, ensuring streamlining and meeting the criteria for establishing organizations according to regulations, including:

+Institute:Propose to rearrange and reorganize in the direction of reducing focal points on the basis of implementing the principle of one public service unit providing many public service services of the same type according to the requirements of Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW and in accordance with the planning of the network of public science and technology organizations.

+Newspaper, Magazine: Propose that ministries and ministerial-level agencies implement plans to arrange these units, ensuring that each ministry and ministerial-level agency has only one press agency.(In the process of arranging ministries, in case there are 2 or more newspapers that are self-sufficient in regular expenditure, the arrangement roadmap must be maintained and implemented in accordance with the planning of the press agency network according to the decision of the competent authority) (including: printed newspapers, electronic newspapers and electronic information portals of ministries and branches) and 1 specialized scientific journal (only maintained for prestigious scientific journals in the world and in the country).

- For public service units outside the organizational structure: Only retain units under ministries and branches serving political tasks and leading units associated with the functions and tasks of ministries and branches that fully meet the criteria and conditions for establishment according to regulations, in accordance with the planning of the network of public service units by industry and field; convert into joint stock companies when fully meeting the conditions prescribed by law.

At the same time, review and arrange the internal organization of public service units, ensuring that they meet the criteria for establishing organizations according to Government regulations and the requirements for streamlining the organizational apparatus.

+ Vocational education institutions (colleges, secondary schools): Implement the arrangement according to Decision No. 73/QD-TTg dated February 10, 2023 of the Prime Minister approving the planning of the vocational education institution network for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2045, including 4 levels: national, regional, sectoral, provincial, ensuring that by the end of 2025, vocational education institutions will self-insure regular expenses.

+ Academy, university, college: By 2025, it is proposed to self-insure regular expenditures, while reviewing and arranging according to the planning of the network of educational and training institutions associated with improving the level of financial autonomy in accordance with the roadmap for calculating full prices for public career services by industry and field.

+ For hospitals:Only hospitals under the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security; a few leading specialized hospitals and university hospitals; By the end of 2025, medical examination and treatment facilities (except those operating in the field of specialized medical examination and treatment) will be public service units that are self-sufficient in regular expenditures or higher.

+For public service units under offices, departments under ministries, and departments under general departments under ministries: Propose to rearrange public service units providing basic and essential public service services related to the sectors and fields under their management; ensure streamlining, effective and efficient operations; other public service units must self-insure regular expenditures or more.

+For remaining public service units: Request to improve the effectiveness, efficiency of operations and level of financial autonomy. Develop a plan for financial autonomy and convert into a joint stock company when meeting all conditions as prescribed by law.

For Government agencies

Propose to reorganize and rearrange public service units under management in the direction of streamlining, effective and efficient operations, ensuring the principle that one public service unit can provide many public service services of the same type in order to significantly reduce focal points, overcome overlap, dispersion, and duplication of functions and tasks.