Criteria for classifying public service providers in the field of planning and investment in Vietnam from 10/8/2024

Criteria for classifying public service providers in the field of planning and investment in Vietnam from 10/8/2024​ (Image from Internet)

On 24/6/2024, the Minister of Planning and Investment issued Circular 11/2024/TT-BKHDT regulating the criteria for classification, conditions for establishment, consolidation, merger, and dissolution of public service providers in the fields of planning, investment, and statistics.

Criteria for classifying public service providers in Vietnam by function, task

The criteria for classifying public service providers in the field of planning and investment by function and task are stipulated as follows:

(i) Public service provider serving state management:

• Public service unit performing the function of research to serve the development of legal documents, improving institutions, planning, strategies, policies, standards, norms in the sectors of planning, investment, and statistics;

• Public service unit performing the function of building, managing, operating, exploiting, and developing information systems serving state management in the sectors of planning, investment, and statistics;

• Public service unit performing the function of supporting, serving inspection, monitoring the quality of specialized services in the sectors of planning, investment, and statistics;

• Public service unit performing other functions and tasks serving state management in the sectors of planning, investment, and statistics.

(ii) Public service provider delivering public services in the fields of planning, investment, and statistics as approved by competent authorities.

(iii) Public service provider serving both state management and delivering public services in the fields of planning, investment, and statistics performing one or more functions and tasks as stipulated in (i) and one or more functions and tasks as stipulated in (ii).

The determination of the type of public service provider mentioned above is decided by the competent authority that establishes it.

(Article 3 Circular 11/2024/TT-BKHDT)

Criteria for classifying public service providers in Vietnam by financial autonomy

To be specific: at Article 4 Circular 11/2024/TT-BKHDT stipulates the criteria for classifying public service providers in the field of planning, investment by the level of financial autonomy as follows:

• Public service units ensuring both regular and investment expenditures;

• Public service units ensuring regular expenditures;

• Public service units ensuring part of the regular expenditures, including:

• Public service units ensuring from 70% to less than 100% of regular expenditures;

• Public service units ensuring from 30% to less than 70% of regular expenditures;

• Public service units ensuring from 10% to less than 30% of regular expenditures.

• Public service units whose regular expenditures are ensured by the state budget.

The determination of the level of financial autonomy of public service providers is carried out according to the regulations of the Government of Vietnam on the financial autonomy mechanism of public service providers.

Note: Circular 11/2024/TT-BKHDT does not apply to the following public service providers:

• Public service units under and directly subordinate to the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Defense;

• Public service units under the management of special administrative-economic unit authorities;

• Public service units abroad;

• Public service units under and directly subordinate to the Ministry of Planning and Investment operating in fields such as journalism, publishing, information, science and technology, economics, higher education, vocational education, and activities under the management functions of other ministries and central authorities.

For more information, refer to Circular 11/2024/TT-BKHDT which takes effect from 10/8/2024.

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