Proposal to assign general payroll to commune level from 2026

On October 23, working group No. 1 led by comrade Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City, worked with Hung Long commune and Binh Chanh commune to monitor the implementation results of Plan 249-KH/UBKTTW of the Central Inspection Committee.

At the meeting, the leaders of the two communes proposed that from 2026, Ho Chi Minh City should assign the total number of general staff to the locality, instead of allocating them rigidly to each position as at present. This is to create conditions for the commune level to proactively arrange and assign personnel in accordance with the actual situation and task requirements.

Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City Vo Van Minh and the working group worked with Hung Long and Binh Chanh communes. Photo: MANH THANG

The leader of Binh Chanh commune said that currently, the Party and mass organization staffing is assigned by the City Party Committee, while the government staffing is managed by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee. However, the current rigid staffing allocation method is not flexible, causing difficulties in management, especially when the workload between departments is different. When the workload increases in some positions, the locality cannot transfer staff from places with less work to supplement.

Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Council of Binh Chanh Commune Nguyen Thanh Loi speaks. Photo: MANH THANG

Chairman of the People's Committee of Hung Long Commune, Huynh Van Pham Hong, also reflected that the commune is lacking specialized staff in the fields of health and information technology; at the same time, he proposed adding more job positions in the fields of land and construction to ensure work progress and quality.

Chairman of Hung Long Commune People's Committee Huynh Van Pham Hong speaks. Photo: MANH THANG

In addition, the leaders of the two communes also proposed that Ho Chi Minh City soon invest in information technology infrastructure and equipment for digital transformation, meeting the requirements of operating a two-level local government model.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Binh Chanh Commune Vo Thi Hoang Oanh speaks. Photo: MANH THANG

Discussing this issue, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City Lam Dinh Thang said that the department has submitted a project to complete the infrastructure and IT equipment for the City Public Administration Service Center, the People's Committees at the commune level and the public administration service centers at the commune level. It is expected that early next week, the Standing Committee of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City will consider and approve the project so that localities can implement the procurement according to their authority.

Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City Lam Dinh Thang speaks. Photo: MANH THANG

Concluding the working session, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Vo Van Minh requested the working group to fully acknowledge all opinions, especially the recommendation to assign a common total payroll to localities from 2026, helping localities to be proactive in arranging personnel in accordance with reality.

Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Vo Van Minh concluded the working session. Photo: MANH THANG

Regarding the shortage of professional human resources, especially in the fields of health, information technology, land and construction, the Chairman of the People's Council of Ho Chi Minh City requested the Department of Home Affairs to report to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to have a plan to support the mobilization or temporary specialized contracts, to avoid work interruptions. At the same time, the communes are required to proactively train and develop existing staff, improving professional capacity to meet practical requirements.

The Chairman of the HCMC People's Council also emphasized that relevant departments and branches need to coordinate closely and promptly remove obstacles so that localities can effectively operate two-level local governments, contributing to improving the quality of service to people and businesses.

Before the working session, the working group conducted a field survey at the Public Administration Service Centers of the two communes.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/kien-nghi-giao-tong-bien-che-chung-cho-cap-xa-tu-nam-2026-post819526.html