Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has just signed an official dispatch to supplement and complete the plan to reorganize specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels and send it to the Provincial Party Committees and City Party Committees directly under the Central Government; People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi will retain the Department of Planning and Architecture . Accordingly, the Government's Steering Committee requested localities to complete the plan to reorganize specialized agencies under the People's Committees at the provincial and district levels. Regarding the names of departments, the Steering Committee requested to keep the name of the Department of Finance after merging the Department of Planning and Investment and the Department of Finance. The Department of Home Affairs will also keep its name after merging the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Department of Home Affairs. Similarly, the Department of Construction will keep its name after merging the Department of Transport and the Department of Construction. In case of implementing the plan to merge the Department of Planning and Architecture into the Department of Construction, the name of the Department of Construction will remain. The Department of Science and Technology also kept its name after merging the Department of Information and Communications and the Department of Science and Technology.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh. Photo: Nhat Bac

In addition, the Steering Committee also proposed to keep the name of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism after receiving the state management function of the press from the Department of Information and Communications. In addition, the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions was established on the basis of the Ethnic Minorities Committee receiving additional functions, tasks, and organization of the state management apparatus of religion from the Department of Home Affairs. Other departments and branches continue to keep their names as previously directed, including: Department of Agriculture and Environment, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Health, Department of Education and Training, Department of Justice, Department of Industry and Trade, Office of the Provincial People's Committee, Provincial Inspectorate; Department of Tourism; Department of Planning and Architecture (for Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi). The Department of Food Safety was established in provinces and centrally run cities according to the Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies. For specialized agencies under the district-level People's Committee, the name of the Department of Home Affairs was kept after merging the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs and the Department of Home Affairs. In addition, the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions was established on the basis of the Department of Ethnic Minorities receiving additional functions, tasks, and organization of the state management apparatus on religion from the Department of Home Affairs. Other specialized departments continue to keep their names as previously directed, including: Department of Justice; Department of Finance - Planning; District Inspectorate; Office of the People's Council and People's Committee at the district level; Department of Economy, Infrastructure and Urban Areas; Department of Culture, Science and Information; Department of Agriculture and Environment (or Department of Natural Resources and Environment in districts); Department of Health; Department of Education and Training. Provincial and municipal police receive many new tasks. The Government Steering Committee proposed to transfer the functions, tasks, and organization of the state management apparatus on press from the Department of Information and Communications to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Transfer the tasks and organization of the state management apparatus on poverty reduction from the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to the Department of Agriculture and Environment. At the district level, the task of poverty reduction is transferred from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Department of Agriculture and Environment (or the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in the district). The function and task of state management of social protection, children, and prevention of social evils is transferred from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Department of Health. The function of directing and managing the work of protecting and taking care of the health of cadres of the province and city by the Provincial and City Cadre Health Care and Protection Board is transferred to the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board. The task of state management of drug addiction treatment and post-treatment management is transferred from the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to the Provincial and City Police. The task of state management of criminal records and the provision of public services for issuing criminal records is transferred from the Department of Justice to the Provincial and City Police. The task of testing and granting road motor vehicle driving licenses is transferred from the Department of Transport to the Provincial and City Police.

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