Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra recently signed a Government Resolution outlining an action program. This program implements Conclusion No. 210 of the 13th Party Central Committee, focusing on the continued development and refinement of the political system's organizational structure in the future.

The Resolution mandates that ministries, ministry-level agencies, and people's committees in provinces and centrally-run cities research and propose reforms to salary and allowance systems. These reforms target officials, civil servants, public employees, workers, and armed forces. The aim is to ensure salary levels align with practical needs while integrating with organizational restructuring, the adoption of a two-tier local government model, and staff streamlining.

The Government has tasked the Ministry of Home Affairs with leading and coordinating efforts to finalize institutional frameworks for personnel management. This includes promptly issuing guidelines for the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants 2025 and the Law on Public Employees 2025. Additionally, the Ministry of Home Affairs will develop and refine job position regulations across the state administrative system, ensuring they align with the functions and duties of each agency and unit. The ministry will also review and propose staffing levels for the 2026-2031 period and manage them as stipulated.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is also responsible for researching and developing a proposal for salary and allowance system reforms. These reforms must align with the requirements for organizational restructuring, the implementation of a two-tier local government model, and staff streamlining.

Ministries, sectors, and local authorities must review and refine job positions. They are also tasked with implementing policies that encourage and protect dynamic, creative officials who demonstrate initiative and accountability for the common good. Furthermore, these entities must strengthen power control in personnel work, decisively address weaknesses, combat corruption related to seeking positions or power, and promptly replace underperforming, disreputable, or errant officials.

Civil servants working at Da Nang City Administrative Center, 5/2025. Photo: Nguyen Dong

Civil servants working at Da Nang City Administrative Center, 5/2025. Photo: Nguyen Dong

The Government stresses that staff management must align with the functions, duties, and specific characteristics of each agency and unit, as well as the need for a streamlined organizational structure. Concurrently, the number of deputy-level leaders must be rationally arranged to ensure full compliance with regulations by the end of 2030.

Agencies will implement policies to appoint heads of certain local organizations and agencies who are not from that specific locality, as per decisions made by competent authorities.

The Resolution also mandates the continued review and restructuring of public non-business units, educational and medical institutions, and state-owned enterprises, in line with the Central Committee's directives. Simultaneously, it calls for accelerating the development of digital government, a digital society, and digital citizens. This includes completing national and specialized databases to ensure seamless connectivity and operation.

Ministries, sectors, and local authorities must enhance oversight of the implementation of decentralization, delegation of power, and delineation of authority. They are also responsible for promptly identifying and resolving any emerging difficulties. Additionally, these agencies should propose amendments to relevant regulations and strictly penalize organizations and individuals, particularly leaders, who fail to implement, evade, lack resolve, act improperly, or do not achieve set objectives.

Son Ha