Nearly 5,500 officials and civil servants were downsized in the first phase of 2016.

According to the report, in the first phase of 2016, the whole country had 1 ministry, 13 provinces and cities requesting to resolve staff streamlining with the number of streamlining subjects being 5,433 people.

According to the Government's report on practicing thrift and combating waste in the organization, management and use of labor in the state sector recently presented to the National Assembly Standing Committee, last year, closely following the orientation and viewpoints on streamlining the payroll and restructuring the team of cadres, civil servants and public employees, ensuring streamlining and efficiency, the Government focused on directing all levels and sectors to continue perfecting policies and institutions on the organization of the apparatus from the central to local levels.

In 2015, the Government submitted to the National Assembly for approval the Law on Government Organization and the Law on Local Government Organization, which clarified the tasks and powers of local governments at all levels on the basis of the division of authority between central and local state agencies, as well as clearly defining the tasks, powers and responsibilities between the Government, the Prime Minister and Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies and the functions and scope of management between ministries and ministerial-level agencies; there was reasonable decentralization and delegation of powers between the Government and local governments, ensuring the Government's unified management rights and promoting the initiative, creativity and self-responsibility of local governments; creating conditions for transparency in the organization and operation of local governments, making the administrative apparatus streamlined, dynamic, effective and efficient, contributing positively to the work of practicing thrift and combating waste (THTK, CLP).

Nearly 5,500 positions were downsized in the first phase of 2016. (Illustration photo)

On November 23, 2015, the Prime Minister issued a decision approving the payroll of civil servants receiving salaries from the State budget of state administrative agencies and the payroll of special-purpose Associations operating nationwide in 2016. Accordingly, the total payroll of civil servants receiving salaries from the State budget in 2016 of state administrative agencies, organizations and representative agencies of Vietnam abroad (not including the payroll of civil servants of the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Defense, the payroll of civil servants in public service units and the payroll of commune-level civil servants) is 272,952 payrolls; the total payroll of special-purpose Associations is 686 payrolls.

On that basis, ministries, branches and localities have reviewed and rearranged existing staff according to job positions, adjusted staff from places with surplus to places with shortage, and proposed solutions to deal with the surplus of cadres, civil servants and public employees after rearrangement according to regulations to ensure that the total number of cadres, civil servants and public employees does not increase.

According to the report, by 2015, 14 ministries, branches, 32 provinces and centrally run cities had implemented staff streamlining in 2015 and 1 ministry, branch, 13 provinces and cities proposed to resolve the first round of staff streamlining in 2016 with the number of streamlining subjects being 5,433 people.

To further improve the effectiveness of cadre, civil servant and public employee management, in 2015 the Government directed all levels and sectors to promote reform of the civil service and public employee regime and achieved important results such as: The work of recruiting, using and managing cadres, civil servants and public employees has been organized and implemented strictly, in accordance with the order, procedures and regulations of the law; the pilot examination for leadership and management positions has initially brought about positive results; A number of ministries, branches and localities have promoted the application of online testing software in the recruitment and promotion exams for civil servants and public employees, with many innovations in the way of making questions and assessment content, focusing on testing the capacity and skills of civil servants, and have many measures to prevent negativity, thereby ensuring the selection of people with sufficient qualities, qualifications and capacity to recruit into civil servants, highly appreciated by public opinion (such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Khanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, Tra Vinh, Tuyen Quang, Thai Binh, Thanh Hoa and the Ministry of Finance, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics...).

According to the Government's report, the development of the Project on job positions and the structure of civil servant ranks in state administrative agencies and the structure of professional titles of civil servants in public service units has been completed with focused efforts by ministries, branches and localities.

"As of 2015, 63/63 provinces and centrally run cities (100%); 23/33 ministries and branches (70%) have completed the development of the Project on determining job positions. In addition, many localities have approved and implemented other Projects such as: Training human resources, attracting talents, building a team of leading experts and skilled professionals; regulating policies on postgraduate training, attracting talents, attracting people with excellent university degrees to work in the locality... thereby gradually improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees, and increasing work efficiency", quoted from the Government's report.

According to Infonet