This is the information given by Head of the Central Organizing Committee Le Minh Hung at the National Conference to disseminate and summarize the implementation of Resolution 18 of the 12th Party Central Committee on the morning of December 1.

Merging 6 committees, ending the activities of the Foreign Affairs Committee

According to Mr. Hung, regarding the agencies of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Politburo requested research and proposals to merge and terminate the operations of a number of agencies of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Including merging the Economic Committee and the Finance - Budget Committee; merging the Social Committee and the Culture and Education Committee; merging the Judicial Committee and the Law Committee.

In addition, this plan also mentions ending the activities of the Foreign Affairs Committee by transferring its main tasks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; part of its work to the National Assembly Office.

Along with that is the study to convert the Petition Committee into the Supervisory and Petition Committee.

Mr. Hung said that this plan also proposes to study the streamlining of the model of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and the National Assembly Secretariat; to study the transfer of specialized departments of the National Assembly Office to the direct management of the National Assembly Committees and departments of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

At the same time, end the operation of the Institute of Legislative Studies, transfer functions and tasks to relevant agencies of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee.

In addition, the streamlining of the apparatus of the National Assembly agencies also mentions the study of ending the operation of the National Assembly Television, transferring related functions and tasks to Vietnam Television; assigning the National Assembly Party Delegation to be responsible for leading and directing the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus and staff.

In particular, the policy is not to arrange the positions of permanent member and full-time member at the Council of Nationalities and the National Assembly Committees; the National Assembly Committees have a chairperson, vice chairperson, and full-time National Assembly delegate.

According to the Head of the Central Organizing Committee, when implementing this plan, the National Assembly apparatus will reduce 4 National Assembly committees and 1 agency under the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Temporarily stop recruiting civil servants, appointing and introducing candidates

In addition to this plan, the Head of the Central Organizing Committee noted the need to develop a plan, clearly define specific steps and roadmaps, and ensure that agencies, units, and organizations can operate smoothly, effectively, and efficiently immediately, without interrupting work, without leaving areas or fields vacant, and without affecting the normal operations of agencies, units, organizations, and society.

In addition, agencies also need to propose, develop plans, and fully prepare necessary conditions to arrange the organization, staff, civil servants, public employees, and workers when there is a decision from the competent authority.

In particular, urgently issue outstanding policies and pay special attention to resolving regimes and policies, and well implement political and ideological work for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers...

In order for the reorganization and streamlining of the apparatus to take place smoothly and with minimal disruption, the Politburo has issued a policy to temporarily suspend recruitment of civil servants, appointment, and nomination of candidates... during the reorganization period.

The Head of the Central Organizing Committee requested agencies, units and localities to strictly implement this policy according to the direction of the Politburo.

Merger plan to reduce at least 5 departments

Head of the Central Organizing Committee Le Minh Hung introduced a plan to reorganize and streamline the political system's apparatus, including reducing at least 5 ministries.

General Secretary: 'To have a healthy body, sometimes you have to take bitter medicine'

Regarding the determination to streamline and streamline the apparatus, General Secretary To Lam emphasized: "We still have to proceed because to have a healthy body, sometimes we have to "take bitter medicine" and endure pain to "operate on tumors".

How will Party and Fatherland Front agencies be arranged and merged?

According to the plan to arrange and streamline Party committees and organizations, at least 4 Party agencies directly under the Central Committee, 25 Party executive committees, 16 Party delegations directly under the Central Committee will be reduced, and 2 Party committees directly under the Central Committee will be increased.