PM calls on officials to work at grassroots level amidst Government’s restructuring
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 29 laid stress on the significance of penning policies encouraging officials to work at the grassroots level as the Government is moving forwards with its major restructuring which will see the cabinet streamlined to 21 from 30 units.
PM Pham Minh Chinh at the sixth meeting of the Government’s steering committee to review the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on December 29. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –๊ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 29 laid stress on the significance of penning policies encouraging officials to work at the grassroots level as the Government is moving forwards with its major restructuring.
At the sixth meeting of the Government’s steering committee to review the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, issued by the 12th Party Central Committee in 2017, which seeks to streamline the political system for greater efficiency, PM Chinh, who chairs the committee, ordered competent sides to continue adjusting and supplementing the plan, ensuring a lean, strong, and effective administrative structure.
The restructuring must be coupled with staff optimisation and improvement in civil servant quality, he said, underscoring it must reduce intermediary layers and assure no overlap or omission of functions, duties and authority.
Regarding the merger of certain ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and government-affiliated bodies, PM Chinh ordered a continued study and presentation of suitable proposals. Alongside the organisational restructuring, he highlighted the need to address personnel arrangements and thoroughly review and resolve any issues within these entities.
While acknowledging the challenges during such extensive administrative reform, he urged the steering committee members to promote their responsibility, focus on their work, and maintain their commitment to the quality and timely implementation of the reorganisation plan.
According to the steering committee, the reform sees ministries and agencies consolidating their structures and improving workforce quality. Besides, local administrations in all the 63 provinces and centrally-run cities are aligning their reform with the Government’s structural overhaul./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 17 requested the development of regimes and policies to ensure the legal and legitimate rights and interests of officials, civil servants, public employees, and labourers in the restructuring of the organisational apparatus, with no one left behind.
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Rearranging the organisational apparatus is a difficult task but it is essential, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on December 4 at a Government conference to carry out the review of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, issued by the Party Central Committee in 2017, which seeks to streamline the political system for greater efficiency.
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