2020: The Government shall the minimum number of staffing of administrative units in Vietnam

According to Clause 1 Article 1 of the Law on amendments to some Articles of the Law on Government Organization and Law on Local Government Organization of Vietnam, some Clauses of Article 23 the Law on Government Organization 2015 of Vietnam, duties and powers of the Government to manage the State’s administrative organizational machinery, officials and public employees, and emulation and reward activities are amended as follows:

- Decide criteria and personnel requirements for establishment of units affiliated to Ministries, ministerial agencies, Government agencies;

- Regulate organization, number, criteria and personnel requirements for establishment of specialized affiliates of People’s Committees of provinces, People’s Committees of rural districts, urban districts, district-level towns, provincial-affiliated cities and municipality-controlled cities (hereinafter referred to as “districts”), units affiliated to professional affiliates of People’s Committees of provinces;

- Regulate the maximum number of deputies to directors of units affiliated to Governmental agencies, specialized affiliates of People’s Committees of provinces, professional affiliates of People’s Committees of districts, professional affiliates of People’s Committees of provinces;

- Decide to grant powers to manage officials, public officials and public employees in administrative agencies and public service providers.

Besides, the new Law also amends and supplements duties and powers of the Prime Minister, specifically in leading and taking responsibility for operations of the state administrative system at the central level through the local one, and ensuring the consistency, transparency and continuity of the national administrative foundation as follows:

- Direct the management of officials, public officials and public employees in administrative agencies and public service providers;

- Decide to establish, merge and dissolve other agencies or organizations affiliated to People’s Committees of provinces;

- Decide to establish councils, committees or others when necessary in order to assist the Prime Minister to consider, direct and collaborate in dealing with important interdisciplinary issues.

View more details at the Law on amendments to some Articles of the Law on Government Organization and Law on Local Government Organization of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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