To continue to reduce the average minimum of 10% of public service providers nationwide by 2025 in Vietnam

To continue to reduce the average minimum of 10% of public service providers nationwide by 2025 in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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On April 2, 2024, the Government issued Resolution 38/NQ-CP the Government's action program to implement Conclusion 62-KL/TW to implement Resolution 19-NQ/TW on continuing to innovate the organizational and management systems and improve the quality and efficiency of operations of public service providers.

To continue to reduce the average minimum of 10% of public service providers nationwide by 2025 in Vietnam

Specifically, in addition to closely following Conclusion 62-KL/TW to continue to effectively implement Resolution 19-NQ/TW, the Government has set out the following targets:

- By 2025:

+ Continue to reduce the average number of public service providers nationwide by at least 10% compared to 2021, ensuring that the arranged public service providers have appropriate organizational structure, staffing linked to job positions, advanced management methods, enhanced application of information technology, science and technology; the effectiveness of operations is evaluated based on products and work results.

For ministries and sectors, strive to reduce the number of public service providers under their management by 13.5% compared to 2021, and complete the arrangement of public service providers before December 31, 2024.

Ministries, sectors, and localities that have achieved the minimum target of reducing 10% of public service providers in the period 2015-2021 will continue with the arrangement to ensure a minimum average reduction of 20% of public service providers nationwide by 2025 compared to 2015.

Ministries, sectors, and localities that have achieved the minimum target of reducing 20% of public service providers in the period 2015-2025 will continue to review and intensify the arrangement in order to streamline agencies and ensure the completion of the objectives set by Resolution 19-NQ/TW by 2030 as required in Conclusion 62-KL/TW.

+ For public employee and public service workforce receiving salaries from the state budget, implement the downsizing roadmap of the Party Central Committee and the Politburo.

+ Strive to have a minimum of 20% financially autonomous units. For ministries and sectors, strive to achieve over 60% of public service providers under their management being able to self-fund routine expenditures.

+ Archive the objective where 100% of economic public service providers and other public service providers are eligible to successfully convert to joint-stock companies.

+ Continue to reduce the average direct budget allocation to public service providers by 10% compared to the period 2016-2020.

- By 2030: Strive to only have public service providers serving political tasks, serving state management, and units providing essential public career services; reduce the number of public employee and public service workforce receiving salaries from the state budget by 10% compared to 2025; reduce the average direct budget allocation to public service providers by 15% compared to the period 2021-2025.

The purpose of this action program is:

- Continue to thoroughly grasp the principles, requirements of Resolution 19-NQ/TW and Conclusion 62-KL/TW; raise awareness, responsibility among party committees, government organizations, functional agencies, public service providers, and people, especially leaders and managers, to create unity, consensus, and high determination to continue to effectively implement Resolution 19-NQ/TW.

- Identify key tasks and solutions for the Government and ministries, sectors, and localities to focus on leading and directing to continue strictly implementing the viewpoint, objectives, tasks, and solutions and fundamentally innovate, comprehensively, and systematically public service providers according to Resolution 19-NQ/TW.

- Enhance the capacity, efficiency of state management towards public service providers, improve the legal system, ensure a complete, consistent, and feasible legal framework, and meet the requirements of implementing Resolution 19-NQ/TW associated with relevant Party principles.

More details can be found in Resolution 38/NQ-CP dated April 2, 2024.

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