Delegate Ha Sy Dong (Quang Tri) pointed out that the situation of public sector human resources moving to the private sector is happening a lot, most of which are high-quality human resources. Attracting talents to the public sector also faces certain difficulties, the starting salary is not enough to rent a house in a big city. This can affect socio-economic development, because human resources in the public sector are policy-making personnel.

Mr. Dong said that at this session, the phrase that was mentioned a lot was "institutions are the bottleneck of bottlenecks".

In the same discussion group with Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, delegate Ha Sy Dong said that he heard the Minister affirm that the investment laws have many new breakthroughs, liberating production capacity and opening up resources, especially in new fields.

According to the delegate, to remove institutional bottlenecks, human resources are needed, and human resources are actually being bottlenecked. "Over the past years, we have talked a lot about restructuring the apparatus, streamlining the payroll, and reforming salaries. The report of the Ministry of Home Affairs at this session said that the restructuring and streamlining of the state administrative apparatus has basically achieved the set goals," said Mr. Dong.

When speaking at the group about the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus, General Secretary To Lam said that this work has only been done at the commune and district levels, some departments, bureaus, general departments... have not been done at the Central level. The General Secretary also said that the budget is currently spending nearly 70% on salaries and regular expenses, "so has the streamlining of the payroll really met the requirements?", the delegate asked.

There have been many statements and prolonged debates about "treating civil servants who are afraid of making mistakes and being afraid of responsibility", but the results of the civil servant quality classification in 2023 showed that only 6.57% did not complete their tasks, the rest completed and completed their tasks excellently. Mr. Dong continued to raise the question "has the situation been assessed correctly?"

Regarding salary reform, the delegate said that "it is undeniable that this year's effort to increase the basic salary by 30% is being made, but even so, a newly recruited official or civil servant, no matter how excellent, will only have enough salary to pay for affordable housing and extremely frugal spending, not to mention other legitimate needs."

Localities asked for their own mechanisms to attract talent, the National Assembly supported it, but "talent is still like autumn leaves".

Mr. Dong said there has not been any proposal to remove the bottleneck in human resources; "we should make a breakthrough from this stage to remove the bottlenecks that are hindering the country's development," he suggested.

Regarding human resources, delegate Vu Trong Kim (Nam Dinh) shared, "Our ancestors have a saying: 'You have to have flour to make glue'." South Korea recently had a policy of supporting money to encourage men and women to get married, so "you have to have flour to make glue".

For Vietnam, he suggested that it is necessary to quickly study population policy to face the challenge of population aging, have good human resources to maintain the growth rate of 6-7% for the coming years, and at the same time prepare carefully to master the modern industry, high income will come in the near future.

He cited information in the Government's report stating that the staff and administrative apparatus at district and commune levels should be streamlined. However, he said that this is not enough and that "revolutionary measures in staff and apparatus at both central and local levels and in all sectors are needed."

"Please reflect 100% accurately that a minister told me that if 'my ministry reduces 30-40% of its staff, it will not be a problem'.

If we reduce the staff, I see two effects: reducing the number of harassers and increasing salaries for diligent staff, making staff more professional and more effective," said Mr. Kim.

Land waste is making 'the land cry, the people lament'

The locality is very active in implementing projects according to approved plans but faces many barriers and obstacles that make "the land cry, the people lament".

Fighting waste like fighting corruption, the country will stand firm in the new era

"If we successfully fight waste like we have fought corruption in the past, our country will certainly firmly enter a new era - an era of growth," said a National Assembly delegate.

General Secretary To Lam: Cumbersome apparatus hinders development

General Secretary To Lam emphasized that without streamlining the apparatus, development is impossible, so it is necessary to streamline the apparatus, reduce staff, and reduce regular spending to reserve resources for investment.