Reduce 145,000 staff, immediately reduce 39,000 billion VND in regular expenditure each year

(Dan Tri) - After the reorganization, the country will have 14 ministries and 3 ministerial-level agencies; reduced from 63 to 34 provinces and cities. The total number of state employees will be reduced by 145,000 civil servants and public employees; regular expenditure will be reduced by 39,000 billion VND/year.

On the afternoon of October 12, after the morning preparatory session, the 1st Government Party Congress, term 2025-2030, discussed in groups the draft documents of the Congress and the draft documents to be submitted to the 14th National Party Congress.

Numbers demonstrate the Government's efforts

The report on socio -economic development results for the 2020-2025 period shows that in the context of many difficulties and challenges with many unprecedented issues, the macro-economy remains basically stable, inflation is controlled at about 4%/year. State budget revenue for the 2021-2025 period is estimated at 9.6 million billion VND - 1.36 times higher than the 2016-2020 period and exceeding the set target (8.3 million billion VND).

Vietnam's GDP scale will increase from 346 billion USD in 2020 (ranked 37th in the world ) to 510 billion USD in 2025 (ranked 32nd in the world - up 5 places) and 4th in the ASEAN region.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a group discussion session on draft documents of the Congress and draft documents to be submitted to the 14th National Party Congress (Photo: Doan Bac).

GDP per capita increased 1.4 times - from 3,552 USD to about 5,000 USD, entering the group of upper middle-income countries.

By the end of 2025, Vietnam will have completed 3,245km of expressway (exceeding the target of 3,000km) and 1,711km of coastal road (exceeding the target of 1,700km according to the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress). Long Thanh International Airport will also basically complete phase 1.

According to the report, the average income of workers increased from 5.5 million VND/month in 2020 to 8.4 million VND/month in 2025.

In particular, after the restructuring and streamlining of the apparatus, the whole country only has 14 ministries and 3 ministerial-level agencies - a reduction of 8 ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government agencies (a reduction of 32%).

The number of provincial-level administrative units decreased from 63 to 34; district-level administrative units ceased operations; the number of commune-level administrative units decreased from 10,035 to 3,321 (down 67%).

The total number of state administrative staff reduced by 145,000 civil servants and public employees; regular expenditure reduced by 39,000 billion VND/year.

In addition, in the 2020-2025 period, the Government has developed, submitted to the Politburo for comments and implemented a plan to handle 5 weak banks; 12 projects and enterprises that are behind schedule, ineffective and have long-standing backlog projects, causing waste of resources.

Agencies and localities are reviewing and proposing to remove obstacles for nearly 3,000 projects with a total capital of nearly 5.9 quadrillion VND (about 235 billion USD) and a total land use scale of about 347,000 hectares.

Private sector doing big projects will be faster, more modern, more economical

Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the draft documents to be submitted to the 14th National Party Congress were developed with many new points, in a more concise and substantive direction, focusing on major points, with high actionability, efficiency and feasibility.

According to the head of the Government, if we do not continue to innovate, we will not be able to develop, fly high and go far.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the group discussion session (Photo: Doan Bac).

Expressing his views on resource mobilization, the head of the Government said that it is necessary to continue to remove institutional difficulties and obstacles to unblock and mobilize resources, turning institutions from bottlenecks into competitive advantages.

The Prime Minister also outlined the impressive figures of this term, such as the total increase in revenue and savings in expenditure of the State budget of about 1.57 million billion VND; total social security expenditure of about 1.1 million billion VND.

Public debt will decrease from 44.3% of GDP in 2020 to about 35% in 2025; total social investment capital will reach 17.3 million billion VND - equivalent to 33.2% of GDP; total public investment capital in the 5-year period will be 3.4 million billion VND - an increase of 55% compared to the 2016-2020 term...

Government leaders assess that attracting FDI capital is a bright spot, but social resources are still very large so we must know how to mobilize them.

“To do so, the mechanism must be very open, creating favorable conditions for investors, but at the same time must protect independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Prime Minister noted.

Another important solution mentioned by the head of the Government is to boldly assign private enterprises to participate in investing and building large infrastructure projects such as international-scale sports facilities capable of serving the Olympics, or international airports...

According to him, reality shows that the private sector can build these projects faster, more modernly and at a more economical cost, without having to use the State budget.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/thoi-su/giam-145000-bien-che-bot-ngay-39000-ty-dong-chi-thuong-xuyen-moi-nam-20251012175254963.htm