New regulations on the number of deputy positions.

On December 31, 2025, the Government issued Decree No. 370/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 150/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 of the Government regulating the organization of specialized agencies under the People's Committees of provinces, centrally-administered cities and communes, wards, and special zones under provinces and centrally-administered cities.

Decree No. 370/2025/ND-CP added Clause 2a to Article 2 of Decree No. 150/2025/ND-CP on "Organizational Principles". Accordingly, "determining the number of deputy heads in agencies and organizations must ensure that the maximum number of deputy heads in a subordinate organization does not exceed the maximum number of deputy heads in the directly superior organization. For agencies and organizations at the same level, the maximum number of deputy heads of an agency or organization without an internal organization does not exceed the maximum number of deputy heads of an agency or organization with an internal organization."

Simultaneously, Article 6, "Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and the Number of Deputy Heads of Organizations under Departments," is amended and supplemented. Accordingly, the average number of Deputy Directors per Department is 3. For departments undergoing mergers or consolidations, when merging two provincial-level administrative units, the number of Deputy Directors is increased by 1; or when merging three provincial-level administrative units, the number of Deputy Directors is increased by 2. In cases where a department undergoes consolidation or merger according to a decision of the competent authority, the number of Deputy Directors after the consolidation or merger will be increased by 1. If a department undergoes consolidation or merger according to a decision of the competent authority and continues to consolidate or merge when consolidating or merging two provincial-level administrative units, the number of Deputy Directors will be increased by 2; or if consolidating or merging three provincial-level administrative units, the number of Deputy Directors will be increased by 3.

 

Source: https://sonnmt.camau.gov.vn/tin-hoat-dong/quy-dinh-moi-ve-so-luong-cap-pho-293753