Ministry of Home Affairs recommends localities streamline provincial mass organizations

In the official dispatch dated March 6, the Ministry of Home Affairs requested the People's Committees of provinces and cities to base on the policy of the Politburo and the Secretariat in Conclusion 127, the Government's regulations on the organization, operation and management of associations, and the guidance of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to develop a plan to arrange mass associations. This is to streamline the focal points and improve the effectiveness of the management and operation of associations.

To ensure the principles, goals, and progress of implementing the tasks in Conclusion 127, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests that provinces and cities report to competent authorities to consider and temporarily suspend the settlement of administrative procedures arising after March 1 for associations assigned tasks by the Party and State in the locality; waiting for instructions from competent authorities on the arrangement of the apparatus of the political system.

On February 28, the Politburo and the Secretariat requested the development of a project to reorganize and streamline the agencies of the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and mass organizations assigned by the Party and State (central, provincial, and communal levels) after the merger.

The Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and central mass organizations shall preside over and work with the Central Organizing Committee, the Government Party Committee, and the National Assembly Party Committee to study and develop a project and report to the Politburo on a general review of the functions, tasks, and organizational structure of affiliated agencies and organizations, especially press agencies, in order to manage in a unified and effective manner, in the direction of maximum streamlining, maintaining only really necessary units.

The Politburo and Secretariat requested the rearrangement of socio-political organizations and mass associations assigned by the Party and State to be directly under the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to synchronize with the current party organizational structure.

The Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and central mass organizations shall promptly report to the Politburo for its policy on the above content no later than March 9. After that, this agency shall collect the opinions of the Politburo and the Secretariat to complete the project and send it to the provincial and municipal Party Committees, Party Committees directly under the Central Committee, agencies, organizations, and Party committees for comments no later than March 12; report to the Politburo and the Secretariat before March 27; and submit to the Central Executive Committee before April 7.

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According to the decision of the Secretariat in 2023, there are 30 mass organizations in the Central, including:

1. Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations

2. Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations
3. Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations
4. Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry
5. Vietnam Cooperative Alliance
6. Vietnam Red Cross Society
7. Vietnam Journalists Association
8. Vietnam Writers Association
9. Vietnam Lawyers Association
10. Vietnam Bar Federation
11. Vietnam Association of the Elderly
12. Vietnam Oriental Medicine Association
13. Vietnam Association of Architects
14. Vietnam Veterans Association
15. Vietnam Fine Arts Association
16. Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists
17. Vietnam Medical Association
18. Vietnam Musicians Association
19. Vietnam Stage Artists Association
20. Vietnam Historical Science Association
21. Vietnam Folk Arts Association
22. Vietnam Association of the Blind
23. Vietnam Cinema Association
24. Vietnam Dance Artists Association
25. Association of Literature and Arts of Vietnam's Ethnic Minorities
26. Vietnam Association for the Protection of the Disabled and Orphans
27. Vietnam Association for Promotion of Education
28. Vietnam Association for the Relief of Disabled Children
29. Vietnam Publishing Association
30. Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin