On the morning of February 5, the National Assembly Standing Committee held its 42nd session to give opinions on the draft Resolution on the organizational structure of the Government for the 15th National Assembly term.

Presenting the Government's report, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that in July 2021, the 15th National Assembly passed Resolution 08 on the organizational structure of the Government for the 15th National Assembly term, maintaining stability in 22 agencies including 18 ministries and 4 ministerial-level agencies.

However, in the coming period, to bring the country into the era of national growth, new, higher and more complex requirements will be placed on state management.

Therefore, the innovation of the Government's organizational structure in conjunction with restructuring and improving the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees is an important task that needs to be continued to be researched and implemented effectively and reasonably.

6 new ministries will be established

Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the Government proposed that the National Assembly consider deciding on the organizational structure of the 15th Government term, including 14 ministries and 3 ministerial-level agencies. Of which, the Government will establish 6 new ministries on the basis of merging and rearranging 11 current ministries and sectors.

Firstly, establish the Ministry of Finance on the basis of merging the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance, basically inheriting the functions and tasks currently assigned to these two ministries; receiving the functions, tasks, organizational structure of Vietnam Social Security, the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of the owner representative for 18 state-owned corporations and groups currently assigned to the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises for management.

Second, establish the Ministry of Construction on the basis of merging the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Transport, basically inheriting the functions and tasks currently assigned to these two ministries; transfer the functions and tasks of state management of testing and granting of road motor vehicle driving licenses from the Ministry of Transport to the Ministry of Public Security.

Third, establish the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on the basis of merging the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, basically inheriting the functions and tasks currently assigned to these two ministries; taking over the task of state management of poverty reduction from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

Fourth, establish the Ministry of Science and Technology on the basis of merging the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information and Communications, basically inheriting the functions and tasks currently assigned to these two ministries; transfer the functions, tasks, and organization of the press and publishing management apparatus from the Ministry of Information and Communications to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Fifth, establish the Ministry of Home Affairs on the basis of merging the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, performing the functions and tasks of the current Ministry of Home Affairs and the state management functions of labor, wages, employment, meritorious people, occupational safety and hygiene, social insurance, and gender equality from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

In addition, the state management function of vocational education will be transferred from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Training; the state management function of social protection, children, and prevention and control of social evils (the state management task of drug addiction treatment and post-drug addiction treatment will be transferred to the Ministry of Public Security) from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Health; the state management task of poverty reduction will be transferred from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Sixth, establish the Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions on the basis of the current Ethnic Minorities Committee, receive the functions, tasks, and organization of the state management apparatus on religion from the Ministry of Home Affairs, and supplement and perfect the functions and tasks of state management on ethnicity.

Maintain 11 ministries

The Government proposed to maintain the ministries and ministerial-level agencies including: Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Health, Government Office, Government Inspectorate, State Bank of Vietnam.

Preliminary examination of the above content, Chairman of the Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung said that the Standing Committee of the Committee approved the organizational structure plan of the Government for the 15th National Assembly term as proposed by the Government.

The Standing Committee of the Committee proposed that the Government have a plan to implement the organizational arrangement to promptly carry out specific tasks as soon as the National Assembly passes the resolution.

In addition, Mr. Tung said, there are opinions suggesting that there should be a transition period from the time the resolution takes effect so that the ministries and ministerial-level agencies can have time to prepare the necessary conditions before officially going into operation.

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