The 35th Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Conference took place on December 28. At the conference, delegates focused on discussing the Project to streamline the organizational structure of the city's political system, to complete it and submit it to competent authorities for approval and implementation.

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Conference to discuss the project to streamline the apparatus of Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: HV

According to the project, after the reorganization, the number of specialized agencies assisting the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee will be reduced from 6 to 5; the number of Party Committees directly under the City Party Committee will be reduced from 51 to 27 (a reduction of nearly 50%, including 22 Party Committees of districts, towns, Thu Duc city and 5 Party Committees at the grassroots level); the activities of 11 Party delegations and 3 Party executive committees will end.

Specialized agencies, administrative agencies, and public service units under the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee were reduced from 21 to 15 (a decrease of nearly 30%); 8 administrative agencies were reduced to 2; and 35 service units were reduced to 32.

For district level and equivalent, after the arrangement, there will be one specialized agency to advise and assist the district Party Committee.

Thu Duc City People's Committee reduced from 16 specialized departments to 14; district level reduced from 12 specialized departments to 10.

At the same time, each agency and unit in the city's political system proactively reviews and develops plans to streamline the organizational structure of agencies and units; strives to reduce 15% of internal focal points and has a roadmap to reduce staff according to regulations.

The arrangement of press agencies will be carried out according to the direction of the Central Government.

At the conference, delegates unanimously proposed allowing the city to continue to retain the Department of Food Safety, which is not included in this reorganization.

Previously, at the 3rd conference of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held on the afternoon of December 26, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee - Mr. Phan Van Mai also raised this issue.

According to Mr. Mai, when implementing Resolution 98, Ho Chi Minh City proposed a special department, the Department of Food Safety. The city sees it as very necessary, so it is developing two options.

Option 1 is to strictly follow the Central Government's direction. Option 2 is to propose a special mechanism. If the Central Government allows it, the city will have 15 departments and a Department of Food Safety.

"Everything is currently planned by Ho Chi Minh City. The spirit is that the city strictly follows the Central's direction, but there will be proposals according to the city's characteristics," said Mr. Mai.

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Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen requested that when streamlining the apparatus, the settlement of policies for cadres subject to rearrangement must consider each specific case, ensuring "understanding and reason".
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The Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee affirmed the above when many officials wondered whether the summary of Resolution 18 and the direction of streamlining the apparatus were too fast, too early and too strong.