New orientation: Bringing 19 corporations and general companies under the management of ministries and branches

The State Capital Management Committee will cease operations and transfer 19 corporations and general companies to the management of ministries and branches.

Corporations and general companies will be brought under the management of ministries and branches - Photo: NAM TRAN

On December 6, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh - Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for summarizing the implementation of Resolution 18 of the Government - continued to sign and issue Document No. 141 on the plan to orient, arrange, and streamline the Government's organizational apparatus.

According to the newly issued document, the apparatus structure remains the same as the previous document. The 15th and 16th Governments (term 2026-2031) will be streamlined to include 13 ministries, 4 ministerial-level agencies (reduced by 5 ministries) and 4 government agencies (reduced by 4 agencies).

Subordinate organizations also reorganize and streamline their focal points, drastically reducing the number of units by 15-20% of organizational focal points.

Complete names of ministries and branches

Continue to maintain eight ministries and ministerial-level agencies with the requirement to arrange and streamline the internal organization , including:   Ministry of National Defense; Ministry of Public Security; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Industry and Trade; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Government Office; Government Inspectorate; State Bank of Vietnam.

However, the names and arrangements of some units have changed.

Merge the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance . The proposed name of the ministry after the arrangement is the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development (performing the state management function in sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment).

Merge the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction . The name of the ministry after the arrangement is the Ministry of Infrastructure Development or the Ministry of Transport and Urban Construction. (perform state management functions in sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction).

Merge the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development . The proposed name of the ministry after the reorganization is the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Environment (performing the state management function in sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development).

Merge the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology . The expected name of the ministry after the arrangement is the Ministry of Science, Technology and Digital Transformation or the Ministry of Science, Technology, Digital Transformation and Communications.   (perform state management functions) on sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology).

Merge the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs into the Ministry of Home Affairs and Labor and transfer the state management function of vocational education to the Ministry of Education and Training, transfer the state management function of social protection, children, and prevention of social evils to the Ministry of Health. Keep the same name as previously proposed.

Transfer 19 corporations and general companies to the management of ministries and branches

The Ministry of Health proactively coordinates with the Central Organizing Committee in taking over some tasks of the Central Health Care Protection Committee (when this committee's activities end); at the same time, it is expected to take over state management of: social protection; children; prevention and control of social evils from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs proactively coordinates to take over the main tasks of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee when the operations of these two agencies end.

The Ministry of Home Affairs proactively develops a plan to reorganize the National Academy of Public Administration by merging it into the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; at the same time, presides over and coordinates with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to develop a project to merge the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs with the Ministry of Home Affairs (after transferring some functions to the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health); coordinates with the Ethnic Committee to transfer the functions and tasks of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs to the Ethnic Committee.

The Ethnic Committee proactively coordinated with the Ministry of Home Affairs to develop a plan to receive the Government Committee for Religious Affairs and coordinated with the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to receive the functions and tasks of poverty reduction from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

The difference is that with the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises, the previous plan was to end the committee's operations and transfer its functions and tasks to the Ministry of Finance and specialized ministries for management.

However, in the document signed today, December 6, this committee still ends its activities but transfers the rights and responsibilities of the state ownership representative with 19 state corporations and groups to the industry management ministries, and researches the organizational model under the Government.

With some large corporations such as Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, Vietnam Electricity Group, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group, Vietnam Railway Corporation, Vietnam Expressway Corporation... transferring the party organization to be directly under the Government Party Committee.

For the National Financial Supervision Committee, its tasks will end and it will be transferred to the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development, the State Bank and relevant agencies.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dinh-huong-moi-dua-19-tap-doan-tong-cong-ty-ve-bo-nganh-quan-ly-20241206163258379.htm