Continue to comprehensively strengthen the commune level

Conclusion No. 202-KL/TW stated that the Politburo and the Secretariat requested Party committees, provincial and municipal Party committees directly under the Central Committee, central departments, ministries and branches to proactively and urgently deploy and complete tasks within their authority and assigned in the conclusions of the Politburo and the Secretariat, especially Conclusion No. 195-KL/TW (dated September 26, 2025) on the apparatus of the political system and two-level local government.

Strictly implement the regulations on personnel work issued by the Politburo; promote the exemplary role of leaders in performing tasks, organizing assessment and arranging and using cadres to meet work requirements. Continue to comprehensively strengthen the commune level, promptly overcome shortcomings and limitations so that the commune level can strongly shift from passive to proactive, from management to governance and creation, socio -economic development, care for people's lives; promptly resolve the legitimate needs of people and businesses.

The Politburo and the Secretariat assigned the Government Party Committee and the National Assembly Party Committee to focus on leading and directing the completion of institutions, especially issues related to decentralization, delegation of power, processes and procedures in areas related to the activities of two-level local governments (such as finance, assets, planning, projects, land, headquarters, etc.). Issues under the authority of the Government and the Prime Minister must be resolved immediately; issues under the authority of the National Assembly must be urgently supplemented in the contents submitted to the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly; strictly control the issuance of administrative procedures by localities, review and immediately abolish unnecessary procedures; improve the quality and effectiveness of the implementation of online public services; all of the above tasks must be completed before December 15, 2025.

The Politburo and the Secretariat assigned the Government Party Committee to lead and direct ministries and branches to urgently review all legal documents of the sectors and fields to promulgate, amend and supplement immediately, ensuring feasibility in decentralization, delegation of power, and determination of authority, overcoming conflicts and overlaps that are not suitable for the two-level local government model, especially in the fields of finance, science, technology, internal affairs, justice, agriculture and environment, construction, education and training, especially digital infrastructure.

Continue to direct the review, arrangement, and assignment of staff, and find solutions for recruitment, training, and capacity building of staff. Direct the Ministry of Finance to promptly advise on budget allocation for document digitization, equipment investment, and infrastructure renovation, with special priority given to mountainous communes, remote, isolated, and disadvantaged areas; advise and guide the management, use, and handling of housing and land facilities to meet practical requirements. Direct the Ministry of Science and Technology to direct and guide the synchronization of shared software; integrate national database systems, and upgrade information technology infrastructure to ensure effective implementation of digital transformation at the commune level.

The Politburo and the Secretariat assigned the Government Party Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Party Committee, and central mass organizations to lead and direct the urgent completion of the arrangement of public service units, state-owned enterprises, and focal points within agencies, organizations, mass organizations, press agencies under the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and mass organizations assigned by the Party and State... to be completed by 2025.

The Politburo and the Secretariat agreed on the policy of immediately updating and adjusting land use planning, construction planning and specialized planning (including national defense and security land use planning) after transferring and converting the functions of houses and land to use as offices, career facilities, medical, educational, cultural, sports facilities, public purposes, national defense, security and other purposes in accordance with local land use planning (through land allocation, land lease... according to regulations of land law) for socio-economic development.

Assign the Government Party Committee, provincial and municipal Party Committees to lead and direct the guidance and implementation of the above contents; promptly complete the arrangement and allocation of public assets of localities, promptly remove and handle arising problems and report to competent authorities.

The Politburo and the Secretariat agreed to direct the Standing Committee of the provincial Party Committee to adjust the working regulations of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee or the grassroots Party Committee and Party cells at the agencies and organizations where the Party delegation and Party executive committee's activities end to ensure the leadership of the Standing Committee of the provincial Party Committee and the direct superior Party Committee.

The Politburo and the Secretariat requested provincial and municipal Party Committees to continue reviewing and compiling statistics on the arrangement, disposition, handling, renovation, and purchase of public assets according to the regulations and instructions of the Central Government. Proactively support disadvantaged areas with local funds. Strengthen the management, inspection, and examination of the arrangement, disposition, and handling of headquarters and public assets of agencies, organizations, and units under their management.

Provincial Party Committees and authorities need to enhance their responsibility in leadership and direction and continue to improve the organizational structure, arrange and assign communal-level cadres to meet the requirements and assigned tasks. Commune-level Party Committees and authorities need to proactively contact local departments, branches and sectors to receive guidance on removing and handling difficulties, problems and shortcomings before making recommendations to higher levels.

The Politburo and the Secretariat require Party committees and organizations at all levels to urgently and seriously implement the remaining tasks, tasks that have not been done well, and tasks that are behind schedule as pointed out in the Report of the Central Organizing Committee, especially the contents related to the arrangement and assignment of cadres, facilities, management of public assets, working conditions and means, and settlement of administrative procedures, to be completed in 2025; the results of the implementation of the above tasks are the basis for reviewing, evaluating, and classifying collectives and individuals, especially the heads of Party committees and local authorities in 2025.

TRAN BINH

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