"Finish the work in the commune - inform the province"

Nguyen Nguyen • November 5, 2025 15:43

That is the sharing of Mr. Nguyen Thang Long - Head of the Department of Organization and Non-Governmental Organizations - Department of Home Affairs in the activity of supporting and helping commune officials to complete their tasks after the reorganization of the 2-level local government.

"FINISH WORK IN THE COMMUNE - INFORM WORK IN THE PROVINCE"

That is the sharing of Mr. Nguyen Thang Long - Head of the Department of Organization and Non-Governmental Organizations - Department of Home Affairs in the activity of supporting and helping commune officials to complete their tasks after the reorganization of the 2-level local government.

Take work efficiency as "the most important"

Mr. Lo Van Trieu - a specialist of the Department of Culture and Society of Tam Thai commune is assigned to be in charge of the internal affairs sector. His field is related to the establishment, cadres, non-professional workers, regimes, policies, administrative reform, labor... According to statistics, the internal affairs officers in the commune have over 31 main tasks to perform regularly.

Mr. Trieu shared that when the commune was first established, there were many tasks like that, along with new policies from the Central Government, so the pressure was very great, especially solving the work of streamlining the payroll, early retirement policies, and job termination according to Decree No. 154/2025/ND-CP dated June 15, 2025.

However, all the work in the field of internal affairs was gradually completed by Mr. Trieu and his colleagues on schedule. One of the important decisive factors was the accompaniment of the Department of Internal Affairs officers to the commune to guide and "hold hands to show" specifically.

When the commune first started operating, according to Mr. Trieu, there were many new issues, but they required specific solutions. Especially in the field of internal affairs, there were many contents that had to be compared very accurately because they were related to cadres, policies, benefits, etc. “At that time, the working group of the Department of Internal Affairs led by the Head of the Organization and Non-Governmental Organizations Department - Nguyen Thang Long came to the commune, together with the brothers and sisters of Tam Thai commune to guide and review all stages to perform the task well. Many documents and procedures were completed at the grassroots level and were immediately received by the Department of Internal Affairs to the province. That help helped us feel confident in our professional activities…”, Mr. Lo Van Trieu shared.

To help communes operate under the two-level local government model, in addition to the direction and supervision of provincial leaders, the departments have sent working groups to communes to guide commune officials and specialists in handling administrative procedures and professional work in accordance with regulations.

The Department of Home Affairs alone has sent officers directly to dozens of communes, with priority given to mountainous, highland, and remote communes, to support commune officials and specialists in performing their tasks well. After specific trips, the specialized departments of the departments also established chat groups on Facebook and Zalo for communes to share problems and for the departments to guide them on how to properly implement the process.

Ms. Pham Thi Lan Huong - an expert from Muong Xen commune who has now moved to work in Tien Dong commune, shared: During our work, we have participated in many training courses and carefully studied regulations and policies to complete our tasks. The Ministry of Home Affairs also has a "commune-level local government handbook" for us. However, there are areas and issues in practice that are related to many departments, branches and different regulations and policies, so it is not easy to make a really sure decision. In such circumstances, we asked the experts in the departments and branches and received very detailed instructions, helping us complete our tasks in accordance with regulations.

Finished work in the commune - informed about work in the province

The work of the commune and provincial levels when operating under the 2-level local government has thousands of items to complete. Even though it has just been put into operation, the consistent requirement is to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the government, to best serve the people and businesses.

In response to the new requirements, the province and communes have strengthened professional training and reassigned appropriate personnel to their positions. At the same time, they have mobilized specialized staff to support communes in quickly accessing the work and making efforts to complete it in accordance with regulations.

“The operation of the government apparatus from the grassroots to the province is a closely related “chain”. If the grassroots are not completed, the province cannot complete it either. Therefore, helping our brothers and sisters in the commune is also helping ourselves” – that is the sharing of Mr. Nguyen Thang Long - Head of the Organization and Non-Governmental Organizations Department - Department of Home Affairs.

Mr. Long is one of the pioneering officers of the Department of Home Affairs who went to the communes to support commune-level specialists in completing internal affairs procedures right after the two-level local government came into operation. In particular, storm No. 5 (late August 2025) caused great damage to Nghe An province, many communes in mountainous and highland areas had their Internet systems damaged, commune officers called or sent group messages to the departments in difficulty. At that time, Mr. Nguyen Thang Long and many officers of the Department of Home Affairs went to mountainous and remote communes to help commune specialists complete their tasks.

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“Every day, the brothers in the commune regularly discuss work via phone or text messages in Zalo groups according to each field, and complete tasks together. There are many issues that the brothers in the commune need to discuss many times, because the new regulations are not yet fully understood. We carefully guide the brothers and sisters in the commune to complete the assigned tasks together. In the coming time, we will continue to establish working groups in some communes as proposed, to help commune officials handle their work well.”

Mr. Nguyen Thang Long - Head of Organization and Non-Governmental Organizations Department - Department of Home Affairs.

Through the inspection of the grassroots, the working group of the Provincial People's Committee leaders found that at the commune level, there is a need to remove difficulties in solving the fields of land, finance, environment, construction, information technology and public administration. Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee has directed the departments to strengthen the work of grasping the grassroots, providing guidance, training and in some areas, the departments need to join hands with the communes to solve the work.

To contribute to removing difficulties and obstacles in the operation of the two-level local government, in addition to the provincial working delegations directly inspecting the communes, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee issued Conclusion No. 586-KL/TU "assigning the departments, branches and sectors of the State sector to make a list of at least 5% of cadres and civil servants in the payroll of agencies and units to mobilize, second, and strengthen the communes with difficulties in the work of arranging and assigning cadres". Recently, in early November 2025, the Department of Home Affairs compiled a list of 29 cadres, civil servants and public employees to mobilize, second, and strengthen (phase 1) and sent it to the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee to synthesize and ask for the opinion of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee.

Next, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Conclusion No. 599, assigning the Provincial Party Committee to lead the Provincial People's Committee to direct relevant agencies to continue to assess the standards and conditions of 22/29 cadres, civil servants and public employees whose names are on the list of registered staff for strengthening the base. The Department of Home Affairs has requested provincial departments and branches to continue to review and make a list of at least 5% of cadres and civil servants out of the total number of civil servants assigned by competent authorities in 2025 to agencies and units to continue to carry out mobilization and secondment.

At the same time, localities and the Department of Home Affairs continue to review and coordinate staff between communes and urgently review and research the mechanism for receiving and recruiting additional staff, ensuring the apparatus operates smoothly and effectively, meeting and best serving the needs of people and businesses.

With the efforts of the province and communes, many solutions to overcome difficulties in the operation of local governments at two levels are being implemented synchronously. The spirit of "top-down cooperation, horizontal and vertical communication" is demonstrated by the smooth coordination between the province and communes to well resolve the assigned tasks and requirements, contributing to affirming the people's trust in the government and Party committees at all levels.