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In 2013, the 7th session of the 11th Party Central Committee has made Conclusion No. 64-KL / TW on further renovating and improving the political system from the central to local government levels. Then, in 2015, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 39-NQ / TW streamlining and restructuring the contingent of cadres, civil servants and officers. Could you please tell the results of implementation of these polices by the Ministry of Finance over the past time?

- The Ministry of Finance is organized in a multi-sectoral model with organization structure including 20 departments under the Ministry and 5 general departments (4 out of 5 general departments are organized in vertical system), 9 business units; 9 non-productive units; 183 provincial departments, 1,541 divisions under departments, 1,671 branches at district level and 5,640 teams under branches.

As soon as Conclusion No 64-KL / TW of the Party Central Committee’s 7th session on further renovating and improving the political system from the central to local government levels was issued, the Party Committee, the leaders of the Ministry of Finance have paid attention to guiding and implementing some solutions to renovate and reorganize the organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance for streamlining and efficiency.

From 2013 to the end of 2017, the Ministry of Finance has cut about 2,800 units from central to local government levels.

In this period, the Ministry of Finance shall concentrate on streamlining the apparatus of division level at the provincial State Treasuries and team level of district State treasuries on the basis of transforming the decentralized internal accounting organizational model into the centralized internal accounting organizational model. The Ministry shall improve the operational procedures in order to unify the expenditure control units of the State Treasury system. Specifically: the State Treasury cut more than 2,000 units (division and team levels in local departments and branches).

The General Department of Taxation has cut about 700 units (team level, under branches).

The General Department of Customs reduced 13 units under departments and 37 divisions and equivalent units under provincial, inter-provincial and municipal Customs departments.

In the first half of 2018, the Ministry of Finance has cut 293 units, of which 246 units at local team level; 44 (43 ?) units at branch level and equivalent transaction divisions at provincial State Treasuries and 1 Customs branch under local Customs department and cut 3 units at division level and equivalent of public business units.

In addition, the Minister of Finance issued Decision No. 520 / QD-BTC dated 13th April 2018 approving the plan for restructuring and merging tax branches at district, town and city level into regional tax branches under provincial and municipal tax branches under the Central Government to ensure that by the end of 2020, the tax system will reduce at least 50% of the tax branches compared to the current 711 branches.

The number of public non-business units under and attached to the Ministry of Finance has decreased significantly due to the restructure, dissolution, and suspension from operation, such as merging the Finance College and Customs College to Finance – Marketing University; suspending the operation to carry out the procedures for dissolution of 4 magazine units and 1 center under departments of the Ministry; and dissolving the Ministry of Finance guest house.

Those are very positive results. However, this task is still to be implemented in the coming time. So, how will the plan of apparatus streamlining and restructuring of Ministry of Finance be, sir?

- In the coming time, the Ministry of Finance will continue to improve, restructure and streamline the staffing in 8 groups of tasks and solutions aimed at restructuring and improving some organizations and units under and attached to the Ministry; reduce departments, branches, teams and equivalent levels of general departments and equivalent organizations; and reduce at least 10% of the whole sector’s staffing compared to 2015.

Accordingly, for the general department attached to the Ministry, especially general departments organized in vertical system, the Ministry of Finance is going to improve and restructure to avoid overlapping and duplication of functions and tasks, reducing intermediate levels and increasing direct operation level; to further review and restructure the tax authorities, State Treasuries and State Reserves at branch level to organize and operate by region.

With regard to the tax system, it is planned to restructure 327 tax branches at district, town and city levels in 63 provincial and municipal tax departments under the Central Government into 154 regional tax branches (down 173 branches); In 2019, it is planned to restructure 53 tax branches at district, town and city levels into 25 regional tax branches (down 28 branches); in 2020 it is planned to restructure 168 tax branches at district and town level into 78 regional tax branches (down 90 branches)

With regard to staff streamlining, according to the plan, from now to 2021, each year, the Ministry of Finance will cut at least 1.77% of assigned staff, ensuring a reduction of at least 10% of the assigned staff over 2015 ...

With regard to public non-business units under the Ministry, the Ministry of Finance shall (merge ?) training and retraining establishments for civil servants and employees in the system of units under the Ministry of Finance to ensure the streamlining of units, in which considering specific characteristics of each sector and field; continue the renovation of operation mechanism of tertiary education establishments in the direction of financial autonomy in accordance with regulations.

The target has been set out and the roadmap for implementation has already been approved by the Ministry of Finance. So, what does the Ministry of Finance do to effectively implement the above mentioned tasks, sir?

- The Ministry of Finance will continue to guide and raise awareness and making a clear change in the mindset and action in further renovating and restructuring the organizational apparatus of the Ministry of Finance for streamlining and efficiency. At the same time, promoting the role and responsibility of the head, ensuring fairness and objectivity and considering the efficiency of work as a decisive factor.

The Ministry of Finance shall continue attaching the administrative procedural reform, operational reform, process and modernization to apparatus reform and staff restructuring for effectiveness and efficient operation. At the same time, the Ministry of Finance shall regularly inspect and supervise the regulations on renovation, rearrangement and streamlining of organization structure, and staff streamlining; considering the results as one of the important criteria to assess the completion level of tasks of heads of agencies and units.

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The Ministry of Finance would like to receive the approval of the Party Committee, the local authorities, the interest, support of all levels and sectors

Thank you Sir!