Party Building

Streamlining the apparatus: Practical orders - People's aspirations

Duc Chuyen • DNUM_DAZAEZCACF 11:25

In the context of strong globalization and digital transformation, reforming the State administrative apparatus towards streamlining, effectiveness and efficiency is not only an urgent requirement but also an inevitable trend to enhance national competitiveness, create a modern administration, serve the people and promote sustainable development.

Duc Chuyen• April 30, 2025

In the context of strong globalization and digital transformation, reforming the State administrative apparatus towards streamlining, effectiveness and efficiency is not only an urgent requirement but also an inevitable trend to enhance national competitiveness, create a modern administration, serve the people and promote sustainable development.

Since the 7th Congress, our Party has continuously issued many resolutions and conclusions to lead the implementation of the policy of innovation, streamlining the political system's organizational apparatus, and organizing the apparatus to operate effectively and efficiently. In particular, Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW (12th tenure) on "Some issues on continuing to innovate and streamline the political system's organizational apparatus to operate effectively and efficiently", has laid the foundation for the process of streamlining the apparatus and reducing staff in recent years.

However, in the context of globalization and strong digital transformation, the requirement to streamline the political system's organizational apparatus has never been as urgent, comprehensive and breakthrough as it is today. Our country is entering a new stage of development with very high requirements for governance capacity, operational efficiency and comprehensive digital transformation. Reforming the organizational apparatus is not only an option, but the only way to create a breakthrough in the development process.

Speaking at the National Conference to disseminate and implement the Resolution of the 11th Central Conference, 13th tenure, General Secretary To Lam stated: "The arrangement of administrative units and the establishment of a two-level government is a policy originating from the long-term strategic vision of national development."

The General Secretary requested: “Party committees, party organizations, and leaders at all levels must focus on leading and directing the drastic implementation of tasks with the spirit of “playing the right role, knowing the lesson”, coordinating synchronously and smoothly from the Central to local levels and between localities, not allowing the existence of the ideology of “your rights, my rights”, “this locality, that locality”, but “all for the common interests of the country, for the people”.

Previously, at the Third Session of the Central Steering Committee on summarizing Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, the General Secretary emphasized: "The arrangement of a streamlined apparatus is very correct, very accurate, in line with the Party's will and the people's heart." This affirmation not only demonstrates the strategic vision but also is a strong message about the actions of the entire Party in the process of strongly renewing the political system.

Up to now, the reform of the apparatus in our country has not stopped at pilot and local steps, but has moved to comprehensive implementation from the central to local levels. More importantly, the streamlining does not stop at organization but goes into service quality. A smoothly and effectively operating political system is the premise for digital government and digital society, thereby strengthening people's trust and enhancing the country's position in the era of globalization.

As a province with a large area, large population and complex terrain, Nghe An is one of the leading localities in implementing administrative restructuring. This is not only an organizational problem, but also a test of leadership capacity and innovation spirit.

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Speaking at the meeting of the Provincial Steering Committee on administrative unit arrangement and building a two-level local government, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized: “The implementation of the arrangement of commune-level administrative units and the building of a two-level local government model is an extremely important and meaningful task. This is not only about the arrangement of the organizational apparatus, but also about decentralization, clear delegation of power, rearrangement of development space, and effective allocation of resources. The biggest goal is to build a government that is close to the people, close to the people, and serves the people as quickly and effectively as possible.”

With high political determination, Nghe An has agreed to reduce nearly 68.5% of commune-level administrative units (from 412 to about 130). This is not a mechanical number, but the result of a thorough preparation process, careful survey, dialogue with the people, and is evidence of the synchronous participation of the entire political system.

Director of Nghe An Department of Home Affairs Nguyen Viet Hung said that the streamlining process is associated with standardizing job positions, reviewing the payroll, and assessing the actual capacity of staff. At the same time, it increases accountability, shortens the time to handle administrative procedures, and improves the investment and business environment.

It is worth noting that this process has received high consensus from the people – the direct beneficiaries. Because the people understand that streamlining the apparatus not only saves the budget, but also improves service efficiency. It is the support of the people that is the great driving force behind the success of this revolution.

Streamlining the apparatus does not mean simplifying, but optimizing, reducing levels, eliminating unnecessary intermediaries, and improving implementation capacity. This is also an inevitable requirement to realize digital government, digital administration, where all management and operation activities are operated on a digital technology platform, transparently, quickly and effectively.

More broadly, this is an important step in the process of perfecting the socialist rule of law state, where power is tightly controlled, decentralized transparently but without loosening responsibility.

The reform cannot be successful if it only relies on administrative orders. The core is the transformation from thinking to action of each party organization, each agency, each cadre and party member. Each person needs to reflect on themselves, be ready to innovate, and avoid the mentality of holding back and avoiding.

General Secretary To Lam pointed out: “Straight, strong, efficient, effective, and effective” – that is not only the criteria for evaluating the organizational apparatus, but also the motto for action in the entire process of reforming the political system. This is the guiding principle for development in the new period.

Although there are still many difficulties ahead, as Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized: Districts, cities and towns must strive to overcome difficulties; do a good job of mass mobilization and ideological work for cadres, civil servants and workers to effectively carry out their tasks, with the spirit of "All for the people, taking the people as the center, subject, goal and driving force for development!".

With strategic vision, high political determination, drastic and synchronous actions from the central to local levels, especially consensus in the whole society, we believe that the "revolution of streamlining the apparatus" will open a new chapter in the process of building a modern State, serving the people, creating development, worthy of the country's trust and strong aspirations to rise!