141,444 people have left their jobs after the merger

On the afternoon of September 17, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh chaired a meeting with leaders of ministries, branches and agencies on the implementation and operation of the two-level local government model.

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra - Photo: VGP

Reporting at the meeting, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the implementation of the two-level local government model continued to achieve many important results, clearly demonstrating the correct policies and decisions of the Party and State; high political determination, close direction of the Central and local governments and consensus of the people.

Decentralize procedures, operate the apparatus smoothly and stably

Many difficulties and problems from the time of operating the two-level local government have been resolved and overcome, such as: problems related to authority when implementing decentralization, delegation of authority, and determination of authority; basically overcoming problems related to the information technology system,...

Ministries and ministerial-level agencies have promoted the decentralization of administrative procedure handling authority from the central government to localities. Up to now, the proportion of tasks and powers delegated to the central government is 44%, and that of localities is 56%.

As of September 15, 741 administrative procedures were decentralized from the central level to localities, 346 administrative procedures assigned the authority to resolve from the district level to the provincial and commune levels; 298 administrative procedures were abolished; 14 ministries have fully publicized administrative procedures on the national database with 1,383/1,385 procedures.

Regarding the organization and apparatus improvement, 465 specialized agencies under the People's Committees of 34 provinces and cities and 9,916 specialized departments under the People's Committees of 3,321 communes, wards and special zones have come into operation in a disciplined, stable, smooth and effective manner.

Along with that, localities continue to organize in-depth training courses in various fields (internal affairs, finance, digital transformation, justice, land, etc.) for cadres and civil servants and continue to promote the rotation, mobilization, and reinforcement of cadres to the grassroots such as: Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Bac Ninh , etc.

Regarding the reception and settlement of administrative procedures, technology infrastructure and digital transformation, the Minister of Home Affairs said that 3,139 commune-level public administrative service centers and one-level public administrative service centers (Hanoi, Quang Ninh) have been operating stably and basically smoothly.

The rate of receiving and returning online documents to people after more than 2 months (from July 1 to September 15, 2025) is about 6.6 million documents, processed on time is 91%; more than 3 million online payment transactions with a total transaction amount of 1,700 billion VND.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh - Photo: VGP

141,444 people quit their jobs, nearly 102,380 people received policy and regime payments

Synthesized reports from ministries, branches and localities show that up to now, the whole country has 141,444 people who have decided to quit their jobs (an increase of 34,732 people compared to the report on September 5, 2025), of which 102,378 people (72.38%) have received payment for policies and regimes.

According to the report of the Ministry of Finance, the total number of surplus houses and land that need to be processed is currently 15,927 (a decrease of 195 compared to the report on September 5). Currently, 296/3,321 commune-level administrative units are still not equipped with cars.

At the meeting, opinions affirmed to continue to closely coordinate with localities in operating local governments at two levels to promptly remove difficulties, maintain and strengthen the activities of working groups, hotlines, and arrange permanent staff to directly receive, handle and promptly respond to recommendations and reflections.

In conclusion, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh requested attention to updating information to have accurate and complete data; synthesizing according to the plan on organizing two-level local government.

We welcome the ministries that sent working groups to 34 localities; note that according to their functions, tasks, and authority, any remaining issues, the ministries should focus on guiding the localities to implement.

The Ministry of Finance urges the resolution of policies, the allocation of resources, facilities and equipment to localities. Out of 3,321 communes, there are currently 296 communes without cars. The Ministry of Finance needs to direct the early resolution of this problem.

The Deputy Prime Minister also requested to completely resolve the payment of policies and regimes according to Decree 178. In addition, ministries should focus on solving and finding solutions for long-term tasks such as issues of staffing, professional training, headquarters, etc.

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