The Party pioneered in streamlining the apparatus.

Streamlining the political system's organizational structure is an issue that has been mentioned in many Party Congresses. Eight years ago, at the 6th Conference, the 12th Party Central Committee issued Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, dated October 25, 2017, "Some issues on continuing to innovate and reorganize the political system's organizational structure to be streamlined and operate effectively and efficiently".

Up to now, the implementation has achieved initial results, however, the innovation and arrangement of the apparatus organization is not synchronous and comprehensive; the apparatus organization of the political system is still cumbersome, multi-layered, multi-connected; there are still duplications and overlaps... Therefore, the innovation and arrangement of the apparatus organization of the political system to be streamlined, compact, strong - efficient, effective and efficient is an urgent requirement of the current practical situation.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the group discussion session at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly.

Referring to this issue at the 8th Session of the National Assembly, General Secretary To Lam affirmed that "without streamlining the apparatus, there will be no development". The General Secretary cited that the current budget is spending nearly 70% on salaries, regular expenses, and operations, leaving only 30%, so where are the resources for investment and development? The above situation raises an urgent need to streamline the apparatus, reduce staff, and reduce regular expenditures. If the Central Government is streamlined, the provinces will be streamlined, if there are no ministries at the top, the provinces will have no departments and the districts will have no offices. To do this, the General Secretary noted that the Central Government must be exemplary, the Party's committees must be exemplary, and the National Assembly and the Government must be exemplary.

Continuing to mention the issue of organizational structure in a later article, the General Secretary said that the 100th anniversary of the country under the leadership of the Party and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the country is not far away. To achieve strategic goals, not only requires extraordinary efforts, but also does not allow for delay, laxity, lack of synchronization, and lack of rhythm in every step. To do so, it is necessary to urgently carry out the "revolution in streamlining the organizational structure" of the political system. Along with that, it is necessary to combine the streamlining of the organizational structure with restructuring the contingent of cadres with sufficient qualities and capacities to match the tasks, reasonable staffing and standardization of titles.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the meeting summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW

To successfully carry out this “revolution”, agencies at the Central level, the National Assembly, the Government and localities quickly established steering committees to review the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW. Right at the first session, in his capacity as Head of the Steering Committee, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that reviewing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW is an especially important task that needs to be carried out with the highest determination. This is also a difficult, sensitive and complicated task, so it requires solidarity, high determination, courage and even the sacrifice of personal interests for the common good.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 13th Central Committee Conference on November 25, 2024, General Secretary To Lam once again emphasized that the Party Central Committee members need to have high political determination, make great efforts, and set a strong and decisive example in implementing the restructuring and streamlining of the apparatus. This is an especially important task, so it requires a high level of unity in awareness and action throughout the Party and the entire political system.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the 13th Central Executive Committee Conference

The Central Committee noted that Party committees and organizations at all levels, first of all, leaders and heads, need to be exemplary, proactive and determined in carrying out assigned tasks in the spirit of "running and lining up at the same time". The Central Committee does not wait for the provincial level, the provincial level does not wait for the district level, the district level does not wait for the grassroots level. In particular, the Central Committee requires ensuring the smooth and effective operation of the general mechanism of "Party leadership, State management, People's mastery".

A few days after the closing of the Central Conference, when speaking at the National Conference to disseminate and summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18, General Secretary To Lam expressed that streamlining the apparatus is a difficult issue, even very difficult, because it will involve thoughts, feelings, aspirations and affect the interests of some individuals and organizations. However, we still have to proceed, because to have a healthy body, sometimes we have to "take bitter medicine", have to endure pain to "operate on tumors".

“We need to unify our awareness and actions on the urgency of continuing economic innovation. Without innovation, we cannot achieve the double-digit growth target. If we achieve that target in 2025, we will continue to achieve it in the following years and terms. In particular, we must prioritize streamlining the apparatus so that we can take off, fly high and far,” General Secretary To Lam shared at a meeting with former Party and State leaders and exemplary veteran cadres in the South on the occasion of the Spring of At Ty 2025.

From the urgent requirements set by the Central Committee, the Politburo and the General Secretary, the agencies of the Party, the National Assembly and the Government have taken the lead, set an example, worked day and night, and urgently implemented the "revolution" of streamlining the apparatus, running and lining up at the same time, to complete it according to the set schedule.

With a pioneering and exemplary spirit, after a period of urgent preparation, at the end of December 2024, the Politburo and the Secretariat announced the Decision on the functions, tasks, powers, organizational structure, and working relationships of 13 Party agencies, Party public service units, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations at the Central level.

Speaking here, General Secretary To Lam assessed that the completion of the reorganization and streamlining of the apparatus by 13 Central Party and Mass Organization agencies was a great effort, demonstrating the exemplary spirit, determination, urgency, and seriousness in the reorganization and streamlining of the apparatus of each agency. This result is also the close coordination and responsibility of the Party's advisory and support agencies at the Central level.

Noting that this is just the "beginning step" and there is still a lot of work to be done, the General Secretary requested that each agency ensure that work continues to operate normally, without interruption, suspension, or omission.

As Head of the Government's Steering Committee for reviewing the implementation of Resolution No. 18 of the Central Committee, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired many meetings and completed plans to reorganize and streamline the Government's apparatus.

Emphasizing that this is a difficult task, the Prime Minister always requires members of the Steering Committee to promote a sense of responsibility, listen to opinions, focus on implementation, and ensure progress and quality according to requirements. At the same time, during the implementation process, it is necessary to do a good job of ideological work, not to interrupt work, causing impacts on people and businesses.

According to the plans completed to be submitted to the Politburo and the Central Steering Committee, the Government apparatus after the reorganization is expected to have 22 ministries and agencies, including: 17 ministries and ministerial-level agencies (reducing 5 ministries and agencies) and 5 agencies under the Government (reducing 3 agencies). Along with that, the organizational system within the ministries and agencies is expected to reduce more than 4,250 focal points. Of which, it is expected to reduce 13/13 general departments, 519 departments, 219 departments, 3,303 branches, and 203 public service units.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Government members at the meeting to arrange and streamline the apparatus

Sharing with Tien Phong , Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc emphasized that the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus in the political system is a major policy, implementing Resolution No. 18 of the Central Committee, aiming to streamline the apparatus for effective operation and reduce regular expenditures. In particular, the important requirement in the arrangement of the apparatus is to implement it resolutely, quickly and effectively, ensuring the set progress, but still ensuring normal operation, not affecting the assigned tasks.

“I believe that what we are doing today will create a solid foundation for the country to enter a new era. The General Secretary has repeatedly emphasized that streamlining the political system is a very difficult and urgent task that cannot be delayed any longer. Now is the opportunity for the country to enter a new era of development. If we want to develop, the apparatus must be lighter to “fly high”, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc stated.

As a standing agency, the Ministry of Home Affairs is assessed by the Government as a pioneer and exemplary unit, having completed a large volume of work with pressure requiring high professional quality and progress.

Speaking to nearly 400 officials and civil servants in the sector, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that this was the result of working “day and night”, sharing hardships, and being determined to overcome all difficulties and challenges. “There were very difficult tasks that seemed impossible to complete, but the Ministry overcame them very well, achieving very proud achievements, one could say spectacular, miraculous,” the Minister of Home Affairs expressed.

Along with the pioneering and exemplary spirit, in the National Assembly bloc, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man also chaired many meetings of the Steering Committee to summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18 in the National Assembly agencies. In these meetings, the National Assembly leaders always emphasized that the streamlining of the apparatus this time must truly be a "revolution", ensuring that the apparatus is truly "streamlined - compact - strong - effective - efficient - effective", not mechanically arranged and in accordance with the motto "The Central Government takes the lead and the localities respond".

In that spirit, on January 7, the National Assembly Standing Committee announced two resolutions on ending the activities of the Institute for Legislative Studies and the Vietnam National Assembly Television, from January 15. The functions and tasks were transferred to the Ethnic Council, the Committees, the National Assembly Office and Vietnam Television (VTV). Here, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh said that the National Assembly Party Delegation and the National Assembly Standing Committee were identified as one of the leading exemplary agencies and the implementation results were recognized and highly appreciated by the Politburo.

Speaking with Tien Phong , Associate Professor Dr. Bui Hoai Son, Standing Member of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education, said that in a major reform such as streamlining the apparatus, exemplary leadership from high levels will create a strong spreading force, not only in the Party but also in the entire political and social system. "I believe that, with strategic vision and wise leadership, Vietnam can completely turn this "revolution" into reality, opening a new chapter for national governance," Mr. Bui Hoai Son expressed.

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/dang-tien-phong-tinh-gon-bo-may-post1711361.tpo