Why is Ho Chi Minh City proposing to retain the Food Safety Department?

In its plan to streamline the administrative apparatus, Ho Chi Minh City proposed that the city's Food Safety Department be allowed to continue operating.

The 35th Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Conference took place on December 28th. At the conference, delegates focused on discussing the plan to streamline the organizational structure of the city's political system, in order to finalize it for submission to competent authorities for approval and implementation.

The conference discussed the plan to streamline Ho Chi Minh City's administrative apparatus. Photo: HV

According to the plan, after the restructuring, the number of specialized agencies advising and assisting the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee will be reduced from 6 to 5; the number of Party committees directly under the City Party Committee will be reduced from 51 to 27 (a reduction of nearly 50%, including 22 district, county, and Thu Duc City Party committees and 5 higher-level grassroots Party committees); and the activities of 11 Party groups and 3 Party committees will be terminated.

The number of specialized agencies, administrative agencies, and public service units under the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has been reduced from 21 to 15 (a reduction of nearly 30%); the number of administrative agencies has been reduced from 8 to 2; and the number of public service units has been reduced from 35 to 32.

For district-level and equivalent levels, after the reorganization, one specialized agency responsible for advising and assisting the district-level Party committee will be eliminated.

The People's Committee of Thu Duc City reduced its number of specialized departments from 16 to 14; at the district/county level, the number of specialized departments was reduced from 12 to 10.

At the same time, each agency and unit within the city's political system proactively reviewed and developed plans to streamline its organizational structure; striving to reduce internal departments by 15% and establishing a roadmap for reducing staffing levels as prescribed.

The restructuring of media outlets will be carried out according to the directives of the Central Committee.

At the conference, delegates unanimously agreed to propose that the city be allowed to retain the Food Safety Department, which is not included in this restructuring.

Earlier, at the 3rd conference of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, held on the afternoon of December 26th, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Phan Van Mai, also raised this issue.

According to Mr. Mai, when implementing Resolution 98, Ho Chi Minh City proposed a specialized department, the Department of Food Safety. The city deemed it very necessary and is currently developing two options.

Option 1 is to strictly adhere to the central government's guidelines. Option 2 proposes a special mechanism; if the central government approves, the city will have 15 departments and a Food Safety Department.

"All of this is currently just a plan by Ho Chi Minh City. The spirit is that the city will strictly adhere to the central government's guidelines, but will also make proposals based on the city's specific characteristics," Mr. Mai said.

Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary: 'Consider each official subject to restructuring with fairness and reason'

Party Secretary Nguyen Van Nen requested that, when streamlining the administrative apparatus, the settlement of benefits for officials subject to restructuring must be considered on a case-by-case basis, ensuring fairness and reasonableness.

Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary: 'When streamlining the administrative apparatus, select truly talented individuals with a desire to contribute.'

The Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee requested that when streamlining the administrative apparatus, only those with genuine talent and a desire to contribute should be selected; individuals and organizations whose existence does not bring much value should be reconsidered.

Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary: 'Streamlining the administrative apparatus can happen early, but not quickly.'

The Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee affirmed this when many officials expressed concerns about whether the review of Resolution 18 and the direction of streamlining the apparatus were too quick, too early, and too drastic.

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