The plan to reorganize and streamline the Government apparatus has just been signed by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh (Plan 141). In this plan, the merger of the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology has been determined. The name of the new Ministry after the merger is expected to be the Ministry of Science, Technology and Digital Transformation or the Ministry of Science, Technology, Digital Transformation and Communications. The new Ministry will perform the state management function in the sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
General Secretary To Lam spoke at the National Conference to disseminate and summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18 of the 12th Party Central Committee on December 1.
The names must ensure continuity and cover the functions and tasks. The merger of the Ministries aims to perfect the model of the multi-sectoral and multi-field management apparatus according to the requirements stated in the Party's resolutions and the direction of General Secretary To Lam. At the same time, the merger also aims to reasonably adjust the assignment of state management for a number of sectors and fields, overcoming overlaps and interferences in functions and tasks between ministries and ministerial-level agencies. Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the names of the agencies after the merger and arrangement must ensure continuity and cover the basic functions and tasks of the ministry. According to the Government's direction, with the current state management fields of the Ministry of Information and Communications (digital transformation, digital infrastructure, digital technology industry and press - communication), the name "Ministry of Science, Technology, Digital Transformation and Communications" will be suitable and cover all the management fields of the two current Ministries. The Government has also assigned the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology to establish a Joint Steering Committee co-chaired by the leaders of the two ministries to develop a project to merge the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology; to arrange, restructure and significantly reduce the internal organization to perform the functions, tasks and powers after the merger of the two ministries. This includes the development of a draft Decree stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Digital Transformation or the Ministry of Science, Technology, Digital Transformation and Communications.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference to disseminate and deploy the summary of the implementation of Resolution No. 18 on December 4. Photo: Nhat Bac
Creating a breakthrough in the country's digital transformation In the article on the occasion of National Day September 2 "Digital transformation - An important driving force for developing productive forces, perfecting production relations, bringing the country into a new era", General Secretary To Lam presented many remarkable new perspectives on digital transformation and science and technology. According to the General Secretary, we are facing the need for a revolution with strong and comprehensive reforms to adjust production relations, creating new momentum for development. That is the digital transformation revolution, applying science and technology to restructure production relations in line with the remarkable progress of productive forces. “Digital transformation is not simply the application of digital technology to socio-economic activities, but also the process of establishing a new, advanced and modern production method - “digital production method”, in which the characteristic of the productive forces is the harmonious combination of humans and artificial intelligence; data becomes a resource, an important means of production; at the same time, production relations also have profound changes, especially in the form of ownership and distribution of digital means of production”, the General Secretary’s article clearly stated. One task that the General Secretary mentioned in this article is to reform and build a streamlined, effective and efficient state apparatus; cut unnecessary intermediaries, and reorganize the organization in a multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary direction... In this task, the General Secretary clearly stated the need to promote the application of information technology, build a digital platform to connect and share data between agencies and organizations. In addition, the General Secretary also emphasized that promoting digital transformation associated with ensuring security and safety is an objective necessity for Vietnam to make a breakthrough in the new era and requires focusing on building a digital society, developing a digital economy, and developing digital citizens. Specifically, focusing on building a digital society, comprehensively digitizing state management activities, and providing high-level online public services. Synchronously connecting national databases on population, land, and enterprises, creating a foundation for streamlining the apparatus and reforming administrative procedures substantially. With new perspectives on digital transformation, science, and technology as analyzed by the General Secretary, the merger of the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology into the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Science, Technology, and Communications or the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Science and Technology is a step to realize two revolutions. That is the digital transformation revolution and the revolution of streamlining the apparatus of the political system. Source: https://tienphong.vn/hop-nhat-de-hien-thuc-hoa-cuoc-cach-mang-chuyen-doi-so-post1698351.tpo
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