What is the List of Ministries under the Government of Vietnam according to Plan 140 after downsizing policies? What tasks does the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam undertake in tax, fee, and charge management?
What is the List of Ministries under the Government of Vietnam according to Plan 140 after downsizing policies?
On December 5, 2024, the Steering Committee for the Summary of the Implementation of Resolution 18-NQ/TW issued Plan 140/KH-BCDTKNQ18...Download regarding the orientation plan for the arrangement, downsizing of the organizational apparatus of the Government of Vietnam.
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>>> Which 14 Ministries are merged and reorganized following the streamlined apparatus of Plan 140?
To be specific, Plan 140/KH-BCDTKNQ18 outlines the orientation for the ministries under the Government of Vietnam as follows:
- For Party Committees and Party Organizations, terminate the operation of the Party Affairs Committee of the Government of Vietnam, establish the Communist Party of the Government of Vietnam directly under the central government, comprising Party Organizations within ministries, departments, agencies belonging to the Government of Vietnam, and certain Party Committees within state-owned corporations, state banks (except for the Communist Party of the Army and the Communist Party of the Police directly under the Central Committee remain unchanged); a dedicated advisory body is established at the Government Agency of Vietnam. The Communist Party Committee of the Government of Vietnam includes: the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee; the Standing Committee of the Party Committee includes the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam as Secretary, Deputy Prime Ministers of the Government of Vietnam, some Government members and possibly 1 dedicated Deputy Secretary; the Politburo appoints personnel for the Executive Committee, Standing Committee of the Party Committee; regulates the Standing Committee's functions and duties similar to those of the current Party Affairs Committee of the Government of Vietnam.
Terminate the operation of the Party Affairs Committees, establish Communist Party Ministries of ministries, departments equivalent to ministries, and agencies belonging to the Government of Vietnam under the Communist Party Committee of the Government of Vietnam, comprising: the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee; the Standing Committee of the Party Committee includes the Minister as Secretary, Deputy Ministers, Director of the Personnel Organization Department, and 1 dedicated Deputy Secretary; authorized bodies appoint personnel for the Executive Committee, Standing Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and regulate the Standing Committee's functions and duties similar to those of the Party Affairs Committees of ministries, department equivalents to ministries, and agencies belonging to the Government of Vietnam as currently practiced.
- Maintain 8 ministries and department equivalents (with adjustments, downsizing the internal organizational apparatus), including: Ministry of National Defense; Ministry of Public Security; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Industry and Trade; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Government Office of Vietnam; Government Inspectorate of Vietnam; State Bank of Vietnam.
"The proposal to maintain the aforementioned ministries and department equivalents is necessary to ensure stability, inheritance, and alignment with current practical requirements," the Plan clearly states.
- According to the Plan, structure, arrangement, and unification of 14 ministries and department equivalents:
+ Unify the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance. The proposed name for the post-reorganization ministry is the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development (performing regulatory functions related to sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment).
+ Unify the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction. The proposed name for the post-reorganization ministry is the Ministry of Infrastructure and Urbanization (performing regulatory functions related to sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Construction).
+ Unify the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The proposed name for the post-reorganization ministry is the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment (performing regulatory functions related to sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development).
+ Unify the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology. The proposed name for the post-reorganization ministry is the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Science, Technology or the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Science, Technology, and Communications (performing regulatory functions related to sectors and fields currently assigned to the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology).
+ Unify the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs into the Ministry of Home Affairs and Labor; transfer the regulatory functions related to vocational education to the Ministry of Education and Training, transfer the regulatory functions related to social protection, children, prevention, and control of social evils to the Ministry of Health.
+ The Ministry of Health proactively cooperates with the Central Organization Commission in receiving certain tasks of the Central Health Protection and Care Commission (upon its cessation); simultaneously, plan to receive state management on: social protection; children; prevention, and control of social evils transferred from the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs.
+ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays a proactive role in coordinating to receive key tasks of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee (upon their cessation).
+ The Ministry of Home Affairs proactively develops plans to merge the National Academy of Public Administration into the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; concurrently, take charge, cooperate with the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs to devise a merger plan for the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs with the Ministry of Home Affairs (post-transfer of certain functions to the Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Health); cooperate with the Committee for Ethnic Minorities to transfer the functions and tasks of the Government's Religious Affairs to the Committee for Ethnic Minorities.
+ The Committee for Ethnic Minorities actively cooperates with the Ministry of Home Affairs to devise a plan to receive the Government's Religious Affairs and collaborate with the Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs to receive the functions and tasks regarding poverty reduction from the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.
- Additionally, under the above Plan, terminate the operation of the State Capital Management Committee at enterprises, transfer its functions and tasks to the Ministry of Finance, specialized Ministries, and relevant agencies. Implementing this plan, the proposed transfer of functions and tasks to represent the owner's equity in 19 corporations and general companies currently assigned to the State Capital Management Committee at enterprises to the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development; the regulatory functions of state management over sectors and fields related to the activity scope of the corporations, and companies will be managed by the relevant Ministries, ensuring the separation of state management functions from the owner's representative functions.
For some major corporations (such as Vietnam Oil and Gas Group PVN, Vietnam Electricity Group EVN, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group...), consider making them the focal organization of the Communist Party directly subordinate to the Communist Party of the Government of Vietnam.
- Terminate the operation of the National Financial Supervisory Commission, transfer its tasks to the Ministry of Finance, State Bank of Vietnam, and relevant agencies. Implementing this plan, the proposed transfer of the Commission's tasks to the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development, State Bank of Vietnam. To conduct overall financial market coordination and supervision (including: securities, insurance, banking) under the condition that specialized laws currently entrust specialized regulatory functions to ministries and central authorities (Ministry of Finance supervises the securities and insurance markets; State Bank of Vietnam supervises banking activities), it is necessary to establish an inter-ministerial coordination body led by the leadership of the Government of Vietnam to direct coordinated supervision of the financial market.
- Arrange 2 Scientific Academies and 2 National Universities to ensure effectiveness and promote research and training tasks.
For the 2 Scientific Academies: Option 1: Merge the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology into the Vietnam Academy of Sciences; Option 2: Maintain the 2 Scientific Academies but rearrange, streamline the organizational apparatus and disciplines, ensuring the improvement of activity quality and effectiveness, meeting the demands of the Vietnam Science and Technology Development Strategy.
For the 2 National Universities (in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City), propose to transfer Vietnam National University, Hanoi and Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City to the Ministry of Education and Training for management.
- Transfer the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum into the organizational structure of the Ministry of National Defense. As per Decree No. 61/2022/ND-CP of the Government of Vietnam prescribing the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the head of the Management Board is the Commander of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Protection Command. Transferring this Management Board to direct management by the Ministry of National Defense presents favorable factors. However, it is necessary to perfect the functions, tasks, and powers of the Management Board to enhance management efficiency, effectively exploit the values of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum relic site, serve international and domestic visitors, strengthen international cooperation, and effectively preserve and protect President Ho Chi Minh's body.
- Structure Vietnam Social Security into the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development. Merging Vietnam Social Security into the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development (reorganizing into an independent focal unit under the Ministry of Finance and Development Investment or the Ministry of Economic Development). Implementing this plan, it basically leaves Vietnam Social Security with the ability to perform its functions and tasks independently, as currently practiced; concurrently, it creates a favorable condition for the Insurance Management Council (currently chaired by the Minister of Finance) to effectively direct the management of social insurance funds, unemployment insurance, and health insurance (streamlines one focal point under the Government of Vietnam).
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What tasks does the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam undertake in tax, fee, and charge management?
Based on Clause 6, Article 2 of Decree 14/2023/ND-CP, the tasks of the Ministry of Finance in managing taxes, fees, and charges are as follows:
- Unify management, direct, and inspect the organization of tax, fee, and charge collection work, and other revenue of the state budget in accordance with the law for tax agencies, customs, and other agencies entrusted by the state to collect fees, charges, or other revenues of the state budget;
- Preside, cooperate with relevant agencies to develop, submit to competent authorities for issuance, guide, and inspect the implementation of legal documents on taxes, fees, charges, land levy, money for leasing land, water surface, rent, and sale of state-owned houses, registration fees, and other revenues of the state budget as stipulated by law;
- Decide or submit to the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam for decision on tax exemption, tax reduction, tax refund, tax recovery, tax debt write-off, fines, and other revenues of the state budget or abolish other forms of penalties for legal violations on taxes as prescribed by law and issues arising during the implementation of bilateral or multilateral international agreements on taxes;
- Issue regulations on procedures and professional processes of tax, fee, and charge collection and payment, and other revenues of the state budget as prescribed by law; guide procedures: Tax declaration, tax calculation, tax payment, issuance of tax collection orders, and other related professional procedures;
- Inspect and monitor sources of state budget revenue, compliance with legal provisions on state budget collection and payment, and handle in accordance with authority violations of law on taxes, fees, charges, and other revenues of the state budget as prescribed by law;
- Assess the alignment of tax, fee, charge, and other state budget revenue policies with other current mechanisms and policies, and the socio-economic situation in each period to modify, amend, or supplement according to authority, or recommend competent authorities to promptly adjust, amend, or supplement.
What are functions of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam?
Based on Article 1 of Decree 14/2023/ND-CP, the Ministry of Finance is defined as a governmental agency of the Government of Vietnam, performing state management functions regarding:
- Finance - budget (including: state budget; state treasury; public debt; taxes; fees, charges, and other state budget revenue; state reserves; state financial funds; financial investment; corporate finance; cooperative and collective economic finance; public assets as provided by law);
- Customs;
- Accounting;
- Independent auditing; pricing;
- Securities; insurance;
- Financial services and other services under the state management scope of the ministry;
- Performing the role of representing state-held capital in enterprises affiliated with the ministry as stipulated by law.
