Arrange and streamline the internal focal points of local public service units

Implementing Official Dispatch No. 59-CV/BCĐ of 2025 of the Central Steering Committee on summarizing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on the arrangement of public service units, state-owned enterprises and focal points within agencies and organizations in the political system, the Ministry of Home Affairs has just issued an official dispatch requesting the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities (provincial-level People's Committees) to study and review the arrangement of public service units under their management.

Staff of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Public Administration Service Center handle documents and procedures for people and businesses. Illustrative photo: Cong Thu/VNA

In particular, the Ministry of Home Affairs requires localities to proactively develop plans to arrange public service units under their management according to each sector and field, ensuring compliance with the orientation of the Steering Committee in Official Dispatch 59-CV/BCĐ in 2025, send it to the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee for consideration, decision and send it to the Ministry of Home Affairs for synthesis before September 25, 2025.

The Ministry of Home Affairs directs the arrangement in the direction that, for the arrangement of public service units, each province and centrally-run city shall have no more than 3 Project Management Boards under the Provincial People's Committee; based on practical requirements of the locality, it is possible to establish inter-commune and ward project management boards; commune-level project management boards if necessary. Project management boards operate under the financial autonomy mechanism, self-guaranteeing operating expenses.

Arrange and streamline the internal focal points of public service units under the provincial People's Committee and public service units under departments and other administrative organizations under the provincial People's Committee; restructure or dissolve ineffective units.

Research on organizing a commune-level public service unit to provide basic and essential public services to local people (in the fields of culture, sports, information, communication, environment, agriculture , etc.).

Regarding the arrangement of educational and training facilities, it is proposed to arrange and adjust public high schools, middle schools, primary schools, inter-level schools, and kindergartens if necessary. Merge vocational education centers and continuing education centers into vocational secondary schools equivalent to high school level under the Department of Education and Training to provide public career services in inter-ward and communal areas.

Each province or centrally-run city shall have no more than 3 vocational schools (not including schools that are self-sufficient in regular expenditure or more).

Regarding the arrangement of medical facilities, the system of preventive medicine must be perfected. Each province and centrally-run city must have at least one specialized hospital; a geriatric hospital or a general hospital with a geriatric department.

Establish commune, ward, and special zone health stations under the People's Committees at the commune level and medical examination points based on the previous commune health stations to meet the needs of disease prevention, primary health care, and basic medical examination and treatment for the people in the area. Transfer the former district-level health centers and general hospitals to the Department of Health to organize medical care and medical examination and treatment in inter-ward and commune areas.
Complete the roadmap for calculating public service prices (calculating full salary costs, direct costs, management costs and depreciation of fixed assets, other costs according to the provisions of the law on prices) according to the provisions of the law on financial autonomy of public service units, to serve as a basis for ordering or bidding for the provision of public service, implementing financial autonomy of public service units, and reducing civil servants receiving salaries from the state budget.

Localities proactively develop plans and policies to encourage socialization, create favorable conditions to support non-public units and investors to participate in and provide basic and essential public services (such as education, healthcare, culture, sports, information, communications, environment, agriculture, etc.) to ensure compliance with socio-economic development conditions in the area.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/sap-xep-tinh-gon-dau-moi-ben-trong-cac-don-vi-su-nghiep-cong-lap-o-dia-phuong-20250919230050071.htm