What are important contents on province merger, organizational machinery arrangement in Vietnam according to Conclusion 126?

What are important contents on province merger, organizational machinery arrangement in Vietnam according to Conclusion 126?

The Central Executive Committee has issued Conclusion 126-KL/TW in 2025 concerning the Politburo's and Secretariat's conclusions on certain contents and tasks to continue arranging and streamlining the organizational machinery of the political system in 2025.

To be specific, in Conclusion 126-KL/TW in 2025, the Politburo and the Secretariat have instructed party committees and organizations to focus on efficient implementation, ensuring timely completion of the following contents and tasks:

(1) General Objectives and Implementation Schedule

- Complete the arrangement of the organizational machinery from the Central to local levels by February 2025: The Politburo and the Secretariat require the Central Organization Committee to take the lead, cooperate with party committees and Central-affiliated party organizations to urge, guide, and remove difficulties ensuring no impact on the activities of the political system. This aims to strictly implement Directive 35-CT/TW in 2024 and Conclusion 118-KL/TW in 2025 ...Download concerning party congresses at all levels proceeding towards the 14th Congress.

- Continue implementing Conclusion 121-KL/TW in 2025: To date, the Communist Party agency and the Central Fatherland Front have substantially completed the organizational machinery arrangement. The National Assembly is also reviewing amendments and supplements to relevant legal provisions.

(2) Important Contents on Provincial Merger and Organizational Machinery Arrangement

- Merging Provincial Administrative Units and Abolishing Intermediate Administrative Tier (District Level)

+ Provincial merger direction: The Communist Party commission the Government of Vietnam to lead, cooperate with the Central Organization Committee, the Communist Party commission the National Assembly, and related party organizations to study the direction of merging certain provincial administrative units.

+ This is aimed at streamlining the organizational machinery in 2025 and the 2025-2030 term. Research results and proposals for amending legal regulations and the Communist Party's rules must be reported to the Politburo in the third quarter of 2025.

- Studying the Abolition of the District Tier:

+ The Communist Party commissions the Government of Vietnam to research, continue arranging, and abolish the intermediate administrative tier (district level), constructing an arrangement plan for communal levels suitable to the new organizational model, proposing the functions, tasks, and powers of the communal levels (reporting to the Politburo in the third quarter of 2025).

+ The Communist Party commissions the Central Public Security to deploy the Scheme of three-tier Public Security organization, not organizing Public Security at the district level, ensuring the correct objectives and timelines.

+ The Communist Party commissions the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy to research the judicial agency model according to the direction of abolishing the intermediate tier (district level), reporting to the Politburo in the second quarter of 2025.

- Arranging Organizational Machinery in Specific Sectors:

+ Inspection: The Communist Party commissions the Government of Vietnam to direct the Party commission the Government Inspectorate to finalize the Scheme reorganizing the inspection system, reporting to the Politburo on February 18, 2025.

+ Military: The Central Military Commission studies the arrangement of the Military organization, including military agencies at the district level, proposing policy and legal amendments, reporting to the Politburo in the third quarter of 2025.

+ State enterprises: The Communist Party commissions the Government of Vietnam to review and reorganize party organizations in state-owned corporations, general companies, and commercial banks, moving the grassroots party committee to attach to local authority based on activity area (reporting to the Secretariat at the end of the second quarter of 2025).

+ Local press: The Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Committee studies merging provincial radio and television agencies into the press agencies of the provincial-level party committees, and centrally controlled municipalities.

+ The Fatherland Front and mass organizations: The Communist Party commissions the Fatherland Front and the Central mass organizations to review their functions, tasks, and organizational machinery (especially press) and research the arrangements of political-social organizations and mass associations to fall under the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, reporting to the Politburo in quarters 2 and 3 of 2025.

- Perfecting the Political System Model

The Document Drafting Subcommittee and the 14th Congress subcommittees incorporate guidance on the organizational machinery arrangement into the draft congress documents, including the Political Report and the Resolution of the 14th Congress, proposing amendments to the Communist Party's Charter, Platform, and Constitution (if necessary) to implement in the next term.

(3) Personnel Management

The Central Organization Committee advises the Central Steering Committee on personnel management, reviewing actual staffing needs after arrangement, associated with evaluating capacity and job positions, proposing staffing management plans for 2026-2031 (reporting to the Politburo at the end of the second quarter of 2025).

(4) Implementation Requirements

- Personnel Work: Arrangement and staffing must be fair, and objective, avoiding "brain drain" and internal issues, ensuring grassroots party congresses by March 2025 and pilot above-grassroots level congresses by the beginning of the second quarter of 2025.

- Progress Reporting: Central-affiliated authority party committees report arrangement results and implementation plans of Conclusion 121-KL/TW in 2025. Newly established party committees must complete organizational structure by February 28, 2025.

- Monitoring: The Central Organization Committee and the Central Office of the Communist Party monitor and push for the implementation of Conclusion 126-KL/TW in 2025, ensuring quality and progress.

Conclusion 126-KL/TW in 2025 emphasizes streamlining the political system's organizational machinery, wherein provincial merger and abolishing the district level are significant orientations. Specific tasks are assigned with a clear roadmap from February 2025 to the third quarter of 2025, ensuring coherence and efficiency, preparing for the 2025-2030 term. This is a continuation of Conclusion 121-KL/TW in 2025, aiming towards building a streamlined, effective political system.

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What are the duties and powers of the Ministry of Finance in tax administration in Vietnam?

According to Clause 1, Article 15 of the Law on Tax Administration 2019, the duties and powers of the Ministry of Finance in tax administration are as follows:

The Ministry of Finance is the main agency assisting the Government of Vietnam in uniformly managing the state administration of tax administration and has the following duties and powers:

- Issuing or submitting to competent authorities for issuing legal documents on tax administration;

- Organizing the implementation of tax administration as prescribed by this Law and other relevant legal provisions;

- Organizing and implementing the state budget revenue estimation and execution;

- Organizing inspections and audits of tax law compliance and other relevant legal provisions;

- Handling legal violations and resolving complaints and denunciations related to tax law compliance as per authority;

- Organizing the implementation of international cooperation in tax affairs;

- Coordinating with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and other related Ministries to guide the independent appraisal of the value of machinery, equipment, and technology lines according to the Law on Investment.

What is the current organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam?

According to Article 3 of Decree 14/2023/ND-CP, the organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance is as follows:

(1) State Budget Department.

(2) Investment Department.

(3) Defense, Security, and Special Financial Department (Department I).

(4) Department of Administrative and Non-business Financial Affairs.

(5) Department of Financial Affairs of Banks and Financial Institutions.

(6) International Cooperation Department.

(7) Legal Department.

(8) Personnel Organization Department.

(9) Inspectorate.

(10) Office.

(11) Department of Management and Supervision of Tax Policy, Fees, and Charges.

(12) Department of Public Asset Management.

(13) Department of Debt Management and External Finance.

(14) Department of Insurance Management and Supervision.

(15) Department of Accounting and Auditing Management and Supervision.

(16) Price Management Department.

(17) Department of Financial Informatics and Statistics.

(18) Corporate Finance Department.

(19) Financial Planning Department.

(20) General Department of Taxation.

(21) General Department of Customs.

(22) General Department of State Reserves.

(23) State Treasury.

(24) State Securities Commission.

(25) Institute of Financial Strategy and Policy.

(26) Vietnam Financial Times.

(27) Financial Magazine.

(28) Financial Staff Training School.

Organizations specified from (1) to (24) are administrative organizations assisting the Minister in performing state administrative functions; organizations specified from (25) to (28) are public service organizations serving state administration under the ministry.

The State Budget Department has 4 divisions, the Department of Administrative and Non-business Financial Affairs has 4 divisions, the Investment Department has 4 divisions, the Department of Financial Affairs of Banks and Financial Institutions has 4 divisions, the Legal Department has 5 divisions, the Personnel Organization Department has 7 divisions, the International Cooperation Department has 4 divisions.

The Minister of Finance submits to the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam to issue decisions stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the General Department of Taxation, General Department of Customs, General Department of State Reserves, State Treasury, State Securities Commission, and the list of other public service providers under the ministry.