The 15th Government is expected to have 14 ministries, 3 ministerial-level agencies, and no more general department level

Based on the conclusion of the Politburo, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed to continue to arrange and streamline the internal organization of a number of ministries and ministerial-level agencies under the Government.

Reduce many focal points of the Ministry of Finance

Accordingly, the Ministry of Finance reorganized the General Department of Taxation into the Tax Department (with 12 departments/offices) and arranged and restructured Tax Department of 63 provinces, cities, and 20 regional Tax Branches; reorganizing and restructuring 420 district and inter-district Tax Branches into 350 inter-district regional Tax Teams. After the reorganization, it is expected to reduce 1,005/4,141 focal points (24.27%).

Reorganize the General Department of Customs into the Customs Department (with 12 departments/offices) and arrange and restructure 35 regional Customs Departments into 20 regional Customs Sub-Departments; arrange and restructure 181 Customs Sub-Departments into 165 border/outside border Customs Departments, which are team-level organizations. After the arrangement, it is expected to reduce 485/902 focal points (53.77%).

Reorganize the State Treasury (general department level) into the State Treasury, an organization equivalent to the department level (10 departments/offices) and arrange and restructure 63 provincial State Treasuries into 20 regional State Treasuries, which are branch-level organizations. After the arrangement, it is expected to reduce 431/1,049 focal points (41.09%).

The eighth meeting of the Steering Committee for Streamlining the Government Apparatus, January 6, 2025.

Reorganize the General Department of State Reserves into the State Reserve Department (7 departments); arrange and restructure 22 regional State Reserve Departments into 15 regional State Reserve Sub-Departments.

Reorganize the General Statistics Office into the General Statistics Office (with 14 units) and arrange and restructure 63 provincial-level Statistical Offices into 63 provincial-level Statistical Offices; arrange and restructure 565 district-level Statistical Offices into 480 Teams operating according to the inter-district model (reducing 15% of focal points).

Reorganize Vietnam Social Security into a public service unit, with 14 departments (reducing 7 units); arrange and restructure internal focal points of 63 provincial-level Social Security into 35 regional Social Security; arrange and restructure 640 district-level Social Security down to 350 inter-district Social Security, eliminate 147 professional groups (reduce 651/1,465 focal points, equivalent to 44.4%).

Completing the Project on arranging the inspection agency system according to administrative level

For the Ministry of Construction, merge the Department of Construction Economics, the Department of Construction Activity Management of the Ministry of Construction and the Department of Construction Investment Management of the Ministry of Transport into the Department of Construction Economics - Investment Management.

For the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, merge the School of Agricultural and Rural Development Management into the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture. Merge the School of Training and Fostering of Natural Resources and Environment Officials into the University of Natural Resources and Environment.

For the Ministry of Education and Training, merge the Department of Primary Education and the Department of Secondary Education into the Department of General Education; at the same time, take over some additional tasks of the Department of Ethnic Education.

For the Ministry of Health, end the operation of the Department of Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy Management and transfer its functions and tasks to specialized units under the Ministry of Health.

For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, merge the Department of Foreign Policy with the Department of Cultural Diplomacy and UNESCO.

For the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, keep the name of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs to avoid causing major impacts on the operations of agencies and units after the arrangement.

For the Ministry of Industry and Trade, merge the Department of European - American Markets and the Department of Asian - African Markets into the Department of Foreign Markets.

For the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, rename the Information Technology Center to the Digital Transformation Center for Culture, Sports and Tourism.

For the Government Office, merge the General Department and the Secretariat - Editing Department into the General Department - Secretariat. Reorganize the Government Electronic Information Portal into a public service unit, transfer the functions and tasks of the official gazette to units under the Government Office.

The Ministry of Home Affairs requested the Government Inspectorate to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to continue researching, carefully assessing the impact and completing the Project on rearranging the inspection agency system according to streamlined administrative levels, operating effectively and efficiently, and reporting to the Politburo on January 17, 2025.

The Government apparatus has 14 ministries and 3 ministerial-level agencies.

On the basis of continuing to arrange and streamline the organizational structure of the above-mentioned ministries and branches, the organizational structure of the 15th Government (term 2021-2026) has 14 ministries and 3 ministerial-level agencies (reducing 5 ministries and ministerial-level agencies), including: Ministry of National Defense; Ministry of Public Security; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Industry and Trade; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Education and Training; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Construction; Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; Ministry of Science and Technology; Ministry of Home Affairs; Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; Government Office; Government Inspectorate; State Bank of Vietnam.

There are 5 Government agencies (3 agencies reduced), including: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences; Vietnam Television; Voice of Vietnam; Vietnam News Agency.

Implementing the principle of streamlining the Government's organizational apparatus, the Government Party Committee has directed the arrangement and streamlining of internal organizational units for agencies (except the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense according to the decision of the Politburo). Specifically, reducing 13/13 general departments and equivalent organizations. Reducing 518 departments and equivalent organizations (of which, reducing 59 departments and equivalent organizations under ministries and ministerial-level agencies, reducing 459 departments and equivalent organizations under general departments). Reducing 218 departments and equivalent organizations (of which, reducing 120 departments and equivalent organizations under ministries and ministerial-level agencies, reducing 98 departments and equivalent organizations under general departments). Reducing 2,958 sub-departments and equivalent organizations.

Along with that, 201 public service units were reduced (including public service units not specified in the decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies).

Based on the above-mentioned plan to reorganize and streamline the Government's apparatus, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government to complete the Project on restructuring, merging, consolidating, and streamlining the internal apparatus (attached with a draft decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of their ministries and branches), and send it to the Ministry of Home Affairs before January 15, 2025.

For 6 ministries and branches: Government Office, Vietnam Television, Vietnam News Agency, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests these agencies to proactively submit to the Government (or submit to the Ministry managing the sector to submit to the Government for agencies under the Government: Ministry of Science and Technology submits decrees of 2 Academies, Ministry of Information and Communications submits decrees of 2 stations and Vietnam News Agency) draft decrees stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of their agencies for the Government to promulgate and promptly publish before January 20, 2025.

For the remaining 14 ministries and branches, including: Ministry of Finance (after merger); Ministry of Construction (after merger); Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; Ministry of Science and Technology (after merger); Ministry of Home Affairs (after merger); Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions; Ministry of Industry and Trade; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Education and Training; Ministry of Health; State Bank of Vietnam; Government Inspectorate, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed to proactively complete the draft decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of its agencies, and submit it to the Government for promulgation immediately after the Party Central Committee has concluded, so that after the extraordinary session of the National Assembly (expected from February 12 to 17, 2025), the Government will promulgate the Decree.

For the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense, follow the direction of the Politburo.

The Ministry of Home Affairs also requested the Ministry of Finance to urgently complete the dossier to amend and supplement the Law on Management and Use of State Capital Invested in Production and Business at Enterprises, and report. The Government will submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the mid-February 2025 session.

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