Comrade Nguyen Quy Linh holds the position of Director of Nghe An Department of Science and Technology (new)

On the morning of March 3, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a conference to announce the resolution of the Provincial People's Council on establishing specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee and decisions on personnel work.

Resolution No. 07/NQ - HDND, dated February 25, 2025 of the People's Council of Nghe An province, resolving to establish the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An on the basis of merging the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An and the Department of Information and Communications of Nghe An.

Accordingly, in Decision No. 579/QD-UBND dated February 26, 2025, Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province appointed Comrade Nguyen Quy Linh - Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An (before the merger); to hold the position of Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An (new).

The Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province also signed decisions to appoint comrades: Nguyen Khac Lam - Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An (before the merger) and comrade Vo Trong Phu - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Nghe An (before the merger), to hold the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Nghe An (new).

It is known that Nghe An Department of Science and Technology (before the merger) had Director Nguyen Quy Linh and 1 Deputy Director Nguyen Khac Lam.

Nghe An Department of Information and Communications (before merger) has Director Le Ba Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee and 2 Deputy Directors Nguyen Ba Hao and Vo Trong Phu.

When merging the two departments, comrade Le Ba Hung voluntarily retired before the age according to Decree 178 of the Government. Meanwhile, Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Ba Hao, in charge of State management of press and publishing, was mobilized and appointed by the Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province to hold the position of Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Nghe An after transferring this function from the Department of Information and Communications to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Regarding the organizational structure, the number of focal points of the two agencies before the merger was 8; of which the Department of Science and Technology had 4 divisions and 1 Sub-department; the Department of Information and Communications had 3 divisions. After the merger, there were 6 divisions, a reduction of 2 divisions, equivalent to a rate of 25%.

In which, the Office of 2 departments will be merged into the Office of the Department of Science and Technology; the Inspectorate of 2 departments will be merged into the Inspectorate of the Department of Science and Technology.

In addition, the Department of Science and Technology has 4 other departments including: Department of Science Management; Department of Technology Management; Department of Quality Measurement Management (transforming the Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality into the Department of Quality Measurement Management under the Department. After converting the Department into a department, 3 departments under the department will be reduced); Department of Digital Transformation.

The number of public service units of the two agencies before the merger was 5, including: Department of Science and Technology 4 centers; Department of Information and Communications 1 center. After the merger, there are 4 units (and 3 departments within the units are reduced), a reduction of 1 unit, equivalent to a rate of 20%; including:

- Merge the Center for Science, Technology and Informatics Information under the Department of Science and Technology and the Center for Information Technology and Communications under the Department of Information and Communications into the Center for Science, Technology and Communications. In which, the Center will be rearranged and reorganized after the merger from 5 specialized departments to 3 departments (reduced by 2 departments), the expected names of the departments after the merger are: Department of Administration and Innovation, Department of Communications and Statistics, Department of Technical Affairs and Informatics.

- Center for Social Sciences and Humanities. In which, the arrangement and reorganization from 3 specialized departments to 2 specialized departments (reducing 1 department), the expected name of the department after the merger is Department of Economic - Cultural - Social Research and Department of Cultural History.

- In addition, the Department of Science and Technology has two new Centers: Application of Science and Technology advances; Technical Standards, Measurement and Quality.