Conclusion of the Party Central Committee on rectifying working methods and improving the effectiveness of the political system.

The Secretariat of the Central Committee requested thorough implementation of austerity measures and the prevention of waste in organizing conferences, ensuring that the budget allocated for conferences does not exceed the set limits; and reducing the number of conferences by 10% annually.

Comrade Tran Cam Tu, Standing Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, signed and issued the Conclusion of the Secretariat of the Central Committee on rectifying working methods and improving the effectiveness of the political system (Conclusion No. 226-KL/TW, dated December 11, 2025).

The conclusion states: Considering the proposal of the Central Party Office on the Project to rectify working methods; prevent and combat formalism and waste, and standardize activities in the political system (Submission No. 151-TTr/VPTW, dated November 24, 2025), the Secretariat concludes as follows:

1. In recent times, with the political determination and great efforts of the entire Party, the restructuring and streamlining of the political system's organizational apparatus has achieved many important results; the political system's organizational apparatus has been arranged in a way that is synchronized, streamlined, effective, efficient, close to the people, and better serves the people.

However, alongside the achievements, there are still some issues that need to be addressed and rectified in leadership, direction, and management, such as the excessive issuance of documents and meetings, the lack of smooth and close coordination between different levels, sectors, organizations, agencies, and localities, the inconsistent and uncoordinated implementation of reporting systems, and the limited application of information technology and digital transformation.

2. In order to promptly rectify and overcome the above shortcomings, it is required that Party committees, Party organizations, agencies, localities, and units focus on leading and directing the thorough understanding and effective implementation of the following contents:

2.1. Regarding the issuance of documents

Focus on innovation and improving the quality of document issuance by simplifying and streamlining processes and integrating procedures. Do not issue documents under specific authority in place of documents under the general authority of the organization, agency, locality, or unit. Do not include content on personnel matters, regulations, and policies in documents regulating professional and technical matters; ensure that documents are issued within the correct authority and in the correct format and presentation.

Strengthen the review process to ensure consistency in the content of issued documents; amend, supplement, and replace overlapping or outdated documents and regulations; integrate necessary related regulations from various documents into a single general regulation; integrate similar inter-sectoral content into a joint document (ministry, sector) to guide and organize implementation, avoiding difficulties for businesses, enterprises, and citizens.

Only issue documents when absolutely necessary to regulate, guide, and organize implementation; do not issue documents that merely copy the content of documents from higher authorities.

The content of the document must be concise, easy to understand, and clearly state its objectives; the proposed solutions and policies must be feasible, appropriate to practical conditions, and consistent with the regulations of the Party, the Constitution, and the laws of the State.

Subordinate documents must concretize the directives from superiors into specific tasks and solutions for their level or unit, specifying resources, completion timeframes, and clearly assigning responsibilities to relevant organizations and individuals.

Annually, organizations, agencies, localities, and units must reduce the number of administrative documents by at least 15% compared to the previous year.

2.2. Regarding the organization of conferences

Overview of the conference. (Photo: Phuong Hoa/VNA)

Annually, based on the work program, Party committees, Party organizations, agencies, localities, and units at all levels develop plans to organize conferences based on the actual situation; in which, the number of in-person conferences accounts for no more than 40% and the number of online conferences accounts for no less than 60% of the total number of conferences in the year.

Do not hold conferences unless absolutely necessary or if the content is already covered in detailed written guidelines. All levels should not reorganize conferences that have already been held via live video conferencing or online to the grassroots level.

Implement strict austerity measures and combat wastefulness in organizing conferences, ensuring that the budget allocated for conferences does not exceed the set limits; reduce the number of conferences by 10% annually.

Party committees, party organizations, government agencies, and mass organizations should strengthen coordination in organizing conferences at their respective levels, sectors, and units, avoiding duplication and overload, and concentrating them at the beginning or end of the year. At the provincial level, no more than two conferences of provincial scale should be held per year (comprising all leaders of the provincial/city political system, excluding regular meetings of the Party Committee and People's Council of the province/city). In exceptional cases requiring an additional provincial-level conference, the Standing Committee of the Provincial/City Party Committee shall consider, decide, and be responsible for its decision. At the commune level, no more than three conferences of commune-level scale should be held per year (comprising all leaders of the commune-level political system, excluding regular meetings of the Party Committee and People's Council of the commune). In exceptional cases requiring an additional commune-level conference, the Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee shall consider, decide, and be responsible for its decision.

When organizing a conference, it is necessary to clearly define the scale and composition of participants, the appropriate number of delegates, and ensure effectiveness according to the principle that if a conference belongs to a particular bloc (Party, government, elected bodies, mass organizations), then delegates from that bloc should be invited to attend.

The national conference convened by the Politburo includes members of the Central Committee of the Party, Secretaries of Provincial and City Party Committees, and Party Committees directly under the Central Committee; other conferences only invite and convene participants within the scope of management of the convening level and who are directly involved in implementing the conference's agenda.

Conferences organized by ministries, departments, provinces, and cities are internal in nature: Only delegates from their own level and sector are invited; delegates from the central government and other sectors and localities are not invited (except in cases where the conference content is inter-sectoral or inter-local in nature requiring coordinated resolution; the organization of congresses and traditional day celebrations is governed by separate regulations). For specialized conferences: Only officials in charge of the relevant field are invited; individuals not directly related to the conference's field or content are not invited. The organizing agency is responsible for assigning a leader to preside over the conference; not all leaders of the agency are invited to attend and preside.

Innovate and improve meeting methods to be concise and clear; focus on discussion, and avoid simply reiterating previously sent documents.

Conferences to disseminate and explain major resolutions, directives, and policies should not exceed half a day; professional and technical conferences should not exceed one day; and important conferences of ministries, sectors, and localities requiring discussion should not exceed 1.5 days.

Speeches at conferences should be concise, focused, and directly address the issues being presented, regardless of achievements or current events. Opening remarks should not exceed 10 minutes, concluding remarks by leaders should not exceed 50 minutes in total, and presentations should not exceed 10 minutes.

2.3. Regarding innovation in working methods, coordination, application of information technology, and digital transformation.

Party committees, party organizations, agencies, localities, and units must regularly lead and direct the review and improvement of the functions, tasks, powers, and responsibilities, and enhance the effectiveness of the political system's organizational structure after restructuring; build, refine, standardize, and strengthen the management of the list of responsibilities, regulations, processes, and work procedures, ensuring consistency between responsibilities and powers in performing duties and tasks; abolish outdated administrative processes and procedures to simplify and reduce the burden on subordinates.

The facility's operations must be developed and implemented in accordance with the work plans and programs approved by competent authorities, ensuring they are scientific , practical, effective, and avoid formalism and waste.

Strengthening innovation and improving working methods, emphasizing individual responsibility, daring to think, daring to act, and daring to take responsibility for the common good; improving the quality and effectiveness of coordination among all levels, sectors, agencies, and units; thoroughly overcoming overlapping, duplication, shirking, and avoidance in organization and operation, which causes difficulties for agencies, units, businesses, and the people; using results, products, and the level of satisfaction of the people and businesses as a measure to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the work.

The delegated responsibilities and authority must be clearly evaluated and standardized. Subordinates, upon being delegated authority, must take responsibility for organizing and implementing the tasks. Task assignment should follow the principle of assigning only one person (individual or agency/unit) to handle and resolve a task, adhering to the principle of clear responsibilities, clear tasks, clear timelines, clear accountability, clear authority, and clear outcomes.

Superiors are not allowed to interfere with the work of subordinates in violation of regulations. Subordinates must proactively resolve matters within their delegated authority, and must not shirk responsibility, avoid, or rely on superiors. They should not seek advice from superiors on matters that fall within their authority but are not difficulties or obstacles beyond their authority.

Party committees, party organizations, agencies, localities, and units must lead and direct the development of regulations for implementing digital transformation in their work.

Focus on investing in, upgrading, and improving information technology infrastructure, digital infrastructure, digital platforms, and digital data; ensuring seamless connectivity, information security, and synchronization of data systems from the central to local levels; facilitating the exploitation of shared data; implementing automatic control to avoid content duplication; and promoting online public services to serve citizens and businesses.

Citizens handle administrative procedures at the Can Tho City Public Administrative Service Center. (Photo: Thanh Liem/VNA)

Implement administrative procedures in a digital environment and digitize documents to a rate of 95% or higher. Strengthen training, professional development, and digital skills, as well as leadership and management skills, for officials and civil servants applying digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in their professional activities.

Urgently standardize the application of information technology, unify indicators, forms, and reporting data systems, ensuring that reports are concise, clearly state timelines and accountability, quantify results, and reduce the number of reports; implement 100% of issued documents and periodic reports, and transmit information between levels via the network.

The heads of Party committees, Party organizations, agencies, localities, and units are responsible for leading and directing the strengthening of political and ideological education and mass mobilization work, creating high consensus and unity in society regarding the organization and implementation of the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's laws within their scope of leadership and management.

Strengthen guidance, inspection, supervision, and support to resolve difficulties and obstacles at the grassroots level, preventing them from dragging on; emphasize the self-determination and accountability of the heads of Party committees, Party organizations, agencies, localities, and units.

Annually, the performance of leaders will be evaluated and ranked based on the results of their leadership and guidance in implementing this Conclusion within the organization, agency, locality, or unit they are assigned to oversee.

3. Provincial Party Committees, Municipal Party Committees, and Party Committees directly under the Central Committee are responsible for leading and directing the concretization and comprehensive and thorough implementation of the contents on rectifying working methods and improving the effectiveness of the political system in organizations, agencies, localities, and units under their jurisdiction.

Annually, every six months, or quarterly, provincial and city Party committees, and Party committees directly under the Central Committee, report to the Secretariat on the implementation of this Conclusion, focusing on the results of reducing the number of issued documents and the number of conferences and meetings; and the application of information technology and digital transformation in organizations, agencies, localities, and units.

The Central Party Office shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to monitor and urge the implementation of this Conclusion, and periodically report to the Secretariat of the Central Committee on difficulties and obstacles for guidance and resolution.

(VNA/Vietnam+)

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