This is the direction of the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a 2-level local government organization model for commune-level local governments (communes, wards, and special zones).

The reception and result delivery department of Tran Hung Dao ward, Nam Dinh city handles administrative procedures for people. Photo: Cong Luat/VNA

The average staff of each commune level is about 32 people.

According to the Government Steering Committee, in the immediate future, the current number of staff and civil servants at the district and commune levels will be maintained to arrange work at the commune level and to review and streamline the staff in conjunction with restructuring and improving the quality of the team to meet the requirements of the tasks, ensuring that within a period of 5 years, it will basically comply with the Government's regulations. It is expected that the average staff of each commune level will be about 32 staff (excluding the Party and mass organizations).

Regarding the staffing of public service units, based on the plan to arrange and restructure public service units by sector and field at the new commune level according to the guidance of the sector and field management ministry, localities are responsible for arranging the staffing quota of public service units receiving salaries from the budget within the total staffing assigned by competent authorities, ensuring the implementation of staff streamlining in conjunction with restructuring and improving the quality of the staff, promoting autonomy for public service units by sector and field in accordance with the conditions and characteristics of each locality.

End the current use of part-time workers at the commune level from August 1, 2025. Assign local authorities to consider and possibly arrange part-time workers at the commune level to meet the requirements of the task to participate in work in villages and residential groups and implement policies and regimes for cases where work is not arranged according to regulations.

Continue to identify villages and residential groups as self-governing organizations of residential communities, not administrative levels. For now, the existing villages and residential groups will be maintained; after completing the arrangement of administrative units at all levels, the Government will assign the Ministry of Home Affairs to study and provide guidance under the direction of competent authorities on the arrangement and reorganization of villages and residential groups in a streamlined manner, directly serving the lives of residential communities in the area.

Regarding the number of leadership positions, implementing the policy of competent authorities on arranging commune-level leadership positions to concurrently hold the positions of heads of advisory agencies, assisting Party committees, the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and the government to increase the number of civil servants working directly to resolve the work of people and businesses, the Government's Steering Committee recommends that localities implement the direction of the leadership of the People's Council at the commune level including a Chairman (concurrent position) and 1 Vice Chairman (full-time position).

The leadership of the People's Committee at the commune level includes the Chairman (full-time position) and 2 Vice Chairmen (1 Vice Chairman concurrently holds the position of Chief of Office of the People's Council and People's Committee; 1 Vice Chairman concurrently holds the position of Director of the Public Administration Service Center).

The Committees of the People's Council have a Head (part-time position) and 1 Deputy Head (full-time position).

The departments and equivalents of the People's Committee have a Department Head (full-time position or concurrently held by the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee) and 1 deputy (full-time position).

In case the commune-level administrative unit remains the same (not rearranged) and does not organize specialized departments, the number of Vice Chairmen of the People's Committee at the commune level can be increased by 1 Vice Chairman to ensure the leadership and management role of the government in serving the people and businesses.

Based on requirements and tasks, localities proactively arrange and assign part-time leaders or reduce deputy positions in specialized departments and offices to increase the number of civil servants working directly to meet the requirements of serving the people of the new commune-level administrative unit.

Commune People's Committee has a Public Administration Service Center

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Deputy Head of the Government Steering Committee, said that the local government at the commune level consists of the People's Council and the People's Committee. The People's Council at the commune level establishes two committees: the Legal Committee and the Economic and Social Committee.

The People's Committee at the commune level establishes a maximum of 4 departments and equivalents suitable to the characteristics of urban, rural and island areas, including: 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), Department of Culture - Society, Public Administration Service Center (identified as other administrative organizations under the People's Committee at the commune level).

The provincial People's Committee shall base on the socio-economic development conditions, natural area, and population size of the administrative unit 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-level People's Committee under 3 focal points, it can arrange for an additional Vice Chairman of the People's Committee to directly lead and direct.

In the case of a commune-level administrative unit remaining the same (not rearranged), the locality shall base on actual conditions to consider and decide on the appropriate number of specialized agencies under the People's Committee or not organize specialized departments according to general instructions (except for the existing People's Council Committees) but assign specialized civil servants to directly take on job positions to perform the functions and tasks of the new commune-level local government.

In case of not organizing specialized departments under the People's Committee at the commune level, the People's Committee at the provincial level decides 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 is not more than 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.

For island districts and island cities with commune-level administrative units under their management, when being reorganized into special zones, the operation of commune-level administrative units will end and the current number of specialized agencies of island districts and island cities will be kept unchanged; then, new instructions from the Government will be implemented.

The organization and operation of the Military Command in the new commune-level administrative unit after the arrangement shall be implemented according to the instructions of the Ministry of National Defense.

According to baotintuc.vn

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