Secretary Tran Luu Quang talks about major changes in personnel work in Ho Chi Minh City

At the conference summarizing the implementation of Resolution 18 of the 12th Party Central Committee on continuing to innovate and reorganize the political system to be lean and operate effectively and efficiently, held on October 22, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang shared about the work of reorganizing the apparatus and personnel work of the locality in the past time and orientations for the coming period.

In it, the head of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee mentioned major changes in personnel work that the city will implement in the coming time. Secretary Tran Luu Quang also analyzed the necessity of this change.

"At the first meeting of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, I reported that the city would have a major change in personnel. I considered a lot, but the word "major" is the correct assessment. When arranging the lineup from the three major localities before, we arranged it according to mechanical principles," said Secretary Tran Luu Quang.

The leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee said that when merging administrative units and implementing local personnel work, the mechanical arrangement and a number of other issues required continued changes. In addition, at a time when all work was urgent, some positions were not suitable for the job and were clearly revealed after 4 months of operating the new model.

Regarding the implementation of Resolution 18 in the area, Secretary Tran Luu Quang said that the resolution was issued 8 years ago. At that time, many people commented that the political system was still very overlapping, and that when there was work, many levels worked together.

He gave an example of the previous administrative procedures at the commune level that simply confirmed the residents' residence and did not have much authority. Now that VNeID and the population database are available, such confirmations are no longer meaningful. Therefore, adjusting the system is an issue.

"The three biggest principles are efficiency - effectiveness - efficiency. However, that process must change habits and ways of working that have been ingrained in us for a long time. Therefore, from October 27, 2017 to October 2024, after 7 years, we have only basically merged a number of units, Ho Chi Minh City is the place most affected," said the Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City.

According to Secretary Tran Luu Quang, the goal of merging three localities (HCMC, Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau ) is to create new development space, new development space, new connections. Previously, HCMC, Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Binh Duong had to negotiate with each other when carrying out inter-regional work. Currently, all three localities have come together under one roof with greater responsibilities, space, and new resources than before.

The Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee also pointed out that the purpose of not organizing at the district level is to be closer to the people. The communes and wards are the agencies that have the best grasp of the situation of each neighborhood.

However, the arrangement and merger also brought initial difficulties. In particular, local officials had to bear the pressure of a large workload, change the way of working compared to before, the capacity of departments was not equal, many officials had to move far away, spending a lot of time to get to the new workplace.

"When I took office as Secretary of the City Party Committee, I went down to the public administrative service centers of some communes and wards. If I had the power, I would praise and award medals to many people. There are people who say they have to handle 350-400 files a day, I don't understand how you manage," Secretary Tran Luu Quang shared.

Therefore, in the coming time, the Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee proposed that the city continue to resolutely implement and complete Resolution 18. The city needs to do it step by step, not perfectionist but must improve day by day.

"It is no different to promote the role of the leader. The leader decides many things. Another thing is to play the right role. If we do not play the right role, and keep arguing about whose role is this and whose role is that, we will waste our time and our days," Secretary Tran Luu Quang emphasized.

In addition, Ho Chi Minh City needs to promote the application of information technology in solving work, upgrading technology infrastructure, transmission lines, and terminal equipment for the grassroots level. The Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee also set out the principle that if wards and communes are still facing any problems, the city level must help.

Regarding the issue of facilities and working conditions, the Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee said that the Party Committee has decided to assign the Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to direct the Party Committee of the Department of Construction to review everything. The Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has agreed on the calculation to reasonably resolve the office headquarters and workplace for cadres, civil servants and public employees.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/thoi-su/bi-thu-tran-luu-quang-noi-ve-thay-doi-lon-trong-cong-toc-can-bo-cua-tphcm-20251022122714521.htm