Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra explains that the total payroll in 2022 will have more than 7,000 civil servants.

According to the approval decision signed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 22, the total number of civil servants in 2022 is 256,685.

Including the payroll of state administrative agencies and organizations, representative agencies of Vietnam abroad (excluding the payroll of the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense and commune-level officials and civil servants), the payroll of special associations operating nationwide and reserve civil servant payroll.

Compared with 2021, the total number of civil servants in 2022 is 7,035 more.

In response to questions about the fact that the whole country is streamlining its payroll but next year the total payroll will increase by 7,035 people,Minister of the InteriorPham Thi Thanh Tra affirmed: "The number 7,035 civil servant positions is not a new additional position."

According to the explanation of the Minister of Home Affairs, that is the number of civil servant positions transferred fromward officialsin wards without People's Councilsdistrict officialsin Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.

These three cities are implementing the urban government model according to the Resolution of the National Assembly. The Government has also issued three Decrees 32, 33, and 34 detailing and providing measures to implement the Resolution of the National Assembly.

Accordingly, the civil servant payroll at the People's Committees of wards in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang belongs to the civil servant payroll of the People's Committees of districts and towns and is managed and used by the People's Committees of districts and towns.

Therefore, this number of civil servants is no longer counted as commune-level civil servants and is included in the total civil servant payroll in 2022. Therefore, the number 7,035 is not a newly added payroll, so it cannot be called "increased payroll".

Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that if the transferred civil servant positions are not counted, the total position in 2022 will remain the same as in 2021.

The Ministry of Finance has the most staff

According to the Prime Minister's decision, among the 106,890 civil servant positions of administrative agencies and organizations under ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and organizations established by the Government or the Prime Minister (not public service units), the Ministry of Finance has the largest number of positions with 66,835 civil servants.

Next is the Ministry of Justice with 9,574 positions, the Ministry of Industry and Trade with 6,451, the Ministry of Planning and Investment with 6,096, the State Bank with 5,181 positions...

Among the ministries, the Ethnic Committee has the least number of staff with 243 civil servants, followed by the Ministry of Construction with 357, the Ministry of Health with 541, and the Ministry of Home Affairs with 583 staff...

The agency with the least staff is the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board with 20 civil servants, followed by the National Financial Supervision Committee with 75 people, and the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises with 126 staff.

Of the 140,832 civil servant positions in administrative agencies and organizations under the People's Council and People's Committee at the provincial and district levels, Ho Chi Minh City has the most positions with 10,869 civil servants, followed by Hanoi with 10,560, and Thanh Hoa with 3,698 positions. Ha Nam is the locality with the least positions with 1,268 people.