Hanoi plans to establish new departments in February.

Headquarters of the Hanoi City Department of Internal Affairs

The Hanoi Department of Internal Affairs is also tasked with finalizing the documents to redefine the functions, tasks, and organizational structure of the new departments and units after they are approved by the City People's Council, and for departments that remain unchanged but have their internal functions, tasks, and organizational structure revised. The documents will be reviewed by the Department of Justice and reported after the City People's Council meeting, scheduled for February 18th.

Previously, the Party Committee of the Hanoi People's Committee had submitted a proposal to the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee requesting approval to adjust the plan for reorganizing the administrative apparatus of departments under the government.

Accordingly, the City People's Committee has reorganized the organizational structure of 13 departments, including: Interior, Justice, Finance, Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Environment, Science and Technology, Culture and Sports, Education and Training, Health, City Inspectorate, City People's Committee Office, Ethnic and Religious Affairs, and Tourism.

The city has adjusted the organizational plan compared to the previous draft, encompassing three departments: Construction, Transportation, and Planning and Architecture. Specifically, the Department of Transportation will be merged with the Department of Construction, retaining the name Department of Construction; the Department of Planning and Architecture will retain its current structure.

Nine specialized departments under the People's Committee of districts, counties, and towns have been reorganized and restructured, including: the Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level; the Inspectorate of districts, counties, and towns; the Department of Justice; the Department of Culture, Science and Information; the Department of Finance and Planning; the Department of Agriculture and Environment (in districts, it is the Department of Natural Resources and Environment); the Department of Internal Affairs; the Department of Health; and the Department of Education and Training.

The two Departments of Industry and Trade and Urban Management have been reorganized as follows: The Department of Industry and Trade (formerly the Department of Economy after transferring some functions to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment at the district level and the Department of Agriculture and Environment at the county level) and the Department of Urban Management have been merged into the Department of Economic Infrastructure and Urban Development, in accordance with the direction of the Government Steering Committee.

In the previous draft restructuring, Hanoi had proposed retaining some departments with unique characteristics such as the Departments of Transportation, Construction, Planning and Architecture, Tourism, and Foreign Affairs. However, this latest draft only retains the Departments of Planning and Architecture and Tourism, while the Departments of Transportation and Construction are merged, and the Department of Foreign Affairs is integrated into the City People's Committee Office.

To ensure consensus, stability, and effectiveness after the reorganization, Hanoi requires units to do a good job of political and ideological work with cadres, Party members, civil servants, public employees, and workers, especially those affected by the organizational restructuring, to promote a sense of responsibility, for the common good, and to sacrifice personal interests (if any). The city also assigned the Department of Internal Affairs to research and advise on additional support policies for those affected by the organizational restructuring.

The extraordinary session of the National Assembly will take place from February 12-18. One of the issues the National Assembly will decide on is the approval of the structure, organization, and number of members of the 15th Government. Immediately after the session concludes, the Hanoi City People's Council will convene to consider and approve the structure of the city's government apparatus.

Currently, Hanoi has not released information on the number of civil servants and employees expected to be laid off after the restructuring, nor on cases of leading officials requesting early retirement or resignation.

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