Nearly 10 thousand commune-level officials and civil servants were reduced.

Since 2017, this locality has merged 143 communes to form 67 communes; reducing from 635 communes, wards, and towns to 559 communes (the largest reduction in the country). Regarding the merger of villages and residential groups, since 2017, Thanh Hoa has merged and reduced 1,620 villages and residential groups... Since then, 9,902 cadres, civil servants, and non-professional workers at the commune level have been reduced.

Merger 2 — Delegates attending the conference.

On December 26, the Standing Committee of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee held a conference to summarize Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the 12th Party Central Committee. Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Doan Anh attended and directed the conference.

The report presented at the conference showed that after 7 years of implementing Resolution 18, Thanh Hoa province has exceeded the target of streamlining the payroll for the 2016-2021 period in accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 39-NQ/TW.

Specifically, from 2017 to present, Thanh Hoa has merged 143 communes to establish 67 communes, reducing 76 communes, to 559 communes, wards, and towns (period 2016-2021), the largest reduction in the country. Regarding the merger of villages and residential groups, from 2017 to present, Thanh Hoa has merged 3,172 villages and residential groups to establish 1,522 new villages and residential groups. The whole province has reduced 1,620 villages and residential groups (from 5,971 villages and residential groups to 4,351 villages and residential groups).

Merger 1 — Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Doan Anh gave a speech at the conference.

Along with the merger, the number of non-professional workers in villages and residential groups was improved by arranging 3 people to take on 6 positions and now 2 people to take on 4 positions. The whole province reduced 27,279 non-professional workers from the merger of villages and residential groups.

Up to now, Thanh Hoa has reduced 9,902 cadres, civil servants, and part-time workers at the commune level (commune cadres reduced by 541 people, commune civil servants reduced by 2,556 people, and part-time workers reduced by 6,805 people).

Merger 3 — In 7 years, Thanh Hoa province has reduced 9,902 cadres, civil servants, and part-time workers at commune and ward levels. Photo: Nguyen Chung.

Regarding the implementation of streamlining the government sector's payroll in the 2016-2021 period: The number of civil servants and public employees will be reduced by 518, with a staff streamlining rate of 12.29%. The number of civil servants will be reduced by 6,843, with a staff streamlining rate of 11.3% (this figure does not include the 7,126 additional education and health career positions assigned by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the 2016-2021 period).

Regarding the administrative unit arrangement, Thanh Hoa is currently continuing to implement the 2023-2025 period according to regulations. In particular, Dong Son district will be merged into Thanh Hoa city, reducing 1 district; 23 communes will be merged to form 11 communes, reducing 12 communes.

For the Party and mass organizations, 1 agency was reduced (merging the Provincial Enterprise Party Committee into the Provincial Agencies Party Committee into the Provincial Agencies and Enterprises Party Committee); 24 departments and offices were reduced... Implementing the model of the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee concurrently being the Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Head of the District Party Committee's Propaganda Department concurrently being the Director of the District-level Political Center in all 27/27 districts, towns, and cities.

Strictly implement the streamlining of the Party and mass organizations' payroll: In the 2016-2021 period, 286 people were streamlined, the payroll streamlining rate reached 10.87%. In the 2022-2026 period, implement the plan correctly, ensuring that by the end of 2026, 5% of cadres, civil servants and 10% of public employees receiving salaries from the state budget will be reduced.

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