To reduce 1 unit of the Government Office of Vietnam

The Government has just issued Decree 79/2022/ND-CP regulating the organizational structure of the Government Office.

What is the Government Office?

According to Decree 79/2022/ND-CP, the Government Office is a ministerial agency of the Government, an assisting apparatus of the Government and the Prime Minister.

Functions of the Government Office include: advise on general affairs and coordinate activities to assist the Government and the Prime Minister (including Deputy Prime Ministers) in organizing the Government's general activities, directing and administering the operation of the Government and the state administrative system from the central to grassroots level, ensuring the uniformity, smoothness and continuity of the national administrative system; control administrative procedures;

Ensure information to serve the Government’s and the Prime Minister’s leadership, direction and administration work and provide information to the public in accordance with law; and ensure material, technical and logistical conditions for the operation of the Government and the Prime Minister.

The Government office shall perform tasks and entitlements prescribed in Decree No. 123/2016/ND-CP on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of Ministers and ministerial agencies; Decree No. 101/2020/ND-CP amending Decree No. 123/2016/ND-CP and the following specific tasks and entitlements:

To reduce 1 unit of the Government Office of Vietnam (Internet image)

The structure of the Government Office still consists of 20 units

According to Decree 79/2022/ND-CP, the organizational structure of the Government Office includes:

- Department of General Affairs.

- Department of Legal Affairs.

- Department of General Economics

- Department of Industry.

- Department of Agriculture.

- Department of Science, Education, Culture and Social Affairs

- Department of Enterprise Innovation.

- Department of International Relations.

- Department of Internal Affairs.

- Department of State Administrative Organization and Public Affairs.

- Department of Complaint, Denunciation and Anti-corruption Monitoring (Department I).

- National Assembly, Local Government and Association Affairs.

- Department of Secretarial and Editorial Affairs.

- Department of Administration.

- Department of Organization and Personnel.

- Department of Finance and Planning.

- Department of Administrative Procedure Control.

- Bureau of Management.

- Bureau of Administration and Management II.

- Vietnam Government Portal (chinhphu.vn, vietnam.gov.vn).

Thus, according to the new organizational structure, the Government Office has 20 units that are administrative organizations, and no longer has an Informatics Center.

Note: The Informatics Center continues to operate according to current regulations until the Decision stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Department of Administrative Procedures Control and Administration Department issued by the Minister, Head of the Government Office takes effect.

Regulations on organizational structure of units under the Government Office of Vietnam

The Minister-Chairperson of the Government Office shall appeal to the Prime Minister to promulgate a Decision on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of Vietnam Government Portal; and a list of other public service providers attached to the Government Office.

The Minister-Chairperson of the Government Office shall define functions, tasks, powers and organizational structures of units attached to the Government Office, except the Vietnam Government Portal.

Department I has 03 divisions. Department of Administration has 04 divisions.

Decree 79/2022/ND-CP takes effect from October 10, 2022 and replaces Decree 150/2016/ND-CP.

Chau Thanh

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