100% of district-level civil servants transferred to communes after merger

Civil servants working at the one-stop department of Don Duong district, Lam Dong province

Accordingly, the Central Steering Committee on administrative unit arrangement stipulates transferring 100% of the existing district-level staff to the commune level, in addition, it is possible to increase provincial-level cadres, civil servants and public employees to the commune level.

The Steering Committee requests that the current number of staff and civil servants at district and commune levels be maintained for the time being. Agencies and units review and reduce staffing levels in conjunction with restructuring and improving the quality of staff to meet task requirements within 5 years. The average staffing level at each commune level is expected to be around 32 (excluding party and mass organizations).

Regarding the staffing of public service units, agencies shall follow the guidance of the ministries managing the sector or field. Localities shall be responsible for arranging the staffing quota for public employees receiving salaries from the budget within the total staffing assigned by competent authorities. Communes and wards shall end the use of part-time workers at the commune level from August 1.

Regarding local government at the commune level (including communes, wards, and special zones), the Steering Committee said the structure orientation includes the People's Council and the People's Committee.

The leadership of the People's Council at the commune level includes a chairman and a vice chairman. The leadership of the People's Committee at the commune level includes a chairman and two vice chairmen (one concurrently holding the position of Chief of Office of the People's Council and People's Committee; one concurrently holding the position of Director of the Public Administration Service Center). The People's Council's Committees have a head and a vice head. The departments and equivalents of the People's Committee have a head of department (a full-time position or held by the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee) and a deputy.

The People's Council establishes 2 Committees: the Legal Committee and the Economic - Social Committee. The People's Committee establishes a maximum of 4 departments suitable to the characteristics of urban, rural and island areas. These are: Office of the People's Council and People's Committee, Economic Department (for communes and special zones) or Economic, Infrastructure and Urban Department (for wards and special zones in Phu Quoc), Cultural - Social Department, Public Administration Service Center (identified as other administrative organizations under the People's Committee at the commune level).

In the case where the commune-level administrative unit remains the same and does not organize specialized departments, the number of vice chairmen of the People's Committee at the commune level can be increased by one vice chairman to ensure the administrative role of the government in serving the people and businesses.

Localities shall base on the reality to consider and decide on the appropriate number of specialized agencies under the People's Committee or not to organize specialized departments according to general guidelines (except for the existing People's Council Committees). Along with that, they are assigned specialized civil servants to directly take on job positions.

The Steering Committee assigns the Provincial People's Committee to decide on the appropriate number of specialized agencies under the People's Committee, but not exceeding 4 departments and equivalent. In case the locality organizes the number of specialized agencies under the Commune People's Committee under 3 focal points, it can arrange for an additional Vice Chairman of the People's Committee to lead and direct.

In case of not organizing specialized departments under the People's Committee at the commune level, the People's Committee at the provincial level shall decide to increase the number of staff compared to the current number of staff at the commune level to perform the new tasks transferred from the district level. The expected number of staff shall not exceed 40 staff, focusing on civil servants directly in charge of the fields of Party building, work of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, and government work.

Source: https://baolamdong.vn/xa-hoi/202504/100-cong-chuc-cap-huyen-chuyen-ve-xa-sau-sap-nhap-4843e77/