Working with the Central Organizing Committee on solutions to improve the quality of grassroots officials on the morning of 5/3, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that as the country enters a new development phase, enhancing the quality of grassroots officials is a continuous, strategic task crucial for governance, administration, and political mission execution.

Agencies are shifting from a mindset of general personnel recruitment and training to more modern official management, such as: standardizing competencies by job position, evaluating based on output results, and tightening power control.

According to the General Secretary, the "profile of grassroots officials" needs to be standardized in line with the new functions of two-tier local governments. The foundational solution is to redefine grassroots official standards based on new task requirements, rather than maintaining a general set of criteria for all places and tasks. Concurrently, a competency framework should be developed for each job position. Officials must not only be qualified but also meet job demands specific to each position and locality. Each province and city needs a unified standard framework for commune and ward-level positions, along with a supplementary annex of priority competencies for specific areas.

He stated that the selection, placement, and utilization of officials need innovation based on the principle of "the right person for the right job in the right locality". It is necessary to review team placements after administrative unit reorganizations, overcoming situations of functional overlap or having too many people familiar with old tasks but lacking personnel for new ones. Concurrently, competent agencies should apply a time-limited probationary mechanism for some key positions, increase horizontal rotation, implement targeted rotations, and assign officials according to the characteristics of the locality.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the working session with the Central Organizing Committee, morning of 5/3. *Photo: TTXVN*

Official placement must aim to enhance local governance capacity, not merely administrative organizational stability. Agencies are innovating official training and development, shifting from "learning for certification" to training based on practical problems, development according to job titles and issues, situational training, on-site support between experienced and young officials, and learning from local realities.

Training programs will incorporate content on: serving businesses, the rural digital economy, community tourism, social risk management, policy communication skills, and inter-agency coordination.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized the need to create motivation for grassroots officials to dare to think, dare to act, and dare to take responsibility for the common good. The policy of encouraging and protecting dynamic, innovative officials for the common good must be fully understood, while clearly distinguishing between innovation that adheres to regulations and reckless actions, shortcuts, or exploiting innovation for violations and personal gain.

The grassroots level can design a list of difficult tasks requiring accountable individuals; a mechanism for quick consultation on new situations; separate evaluations for effective initiatives; and timely commendation for officials who effectively resolve complex, long-standing issues.

The General Secretary also called for accelerating digital transformation in official management and daily public service. By integrating digital transformation with personnel work, the grassroots level will enhance work processing speed, transparency, and inter-agency coordination capabilities.

"For major endeavors to succeed, it must begin with building the right team of officials, especially at the grassroots, where policy meets everyday life. Effectively managing grassroots officials strengthens the nation's operational foundation in this new phase of development," General Secretary To Lam stated.

Vu Tuan