9,916 commune-level professional departments are established nationwide
There are 9,916 commune-level professional departments established nationwide along with 467 specialized agencies under the provincial People's Committee.
On the afternoon of December 29, the Ministry of Home Affairs held a conference to summarize the year 2025, deploy the plan for 2026 of the Home Affairs sector.
Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh; Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra attended the conference.

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Minister of Home Affairs Do Thanh Binh said that 2025 is a year of special significance, the final year of the term of the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people, striving to complete the goals and targets of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party and towards the 14th National Congress of the Party.
Overcoming the common difficulties of the international context and challenges, 2025 will pass with many impressions of the country's politics, economy, culture, society, and foreign affairs. And contributing to that great common achievement of the country is the efforts and determination of the entire Home Affairs sector.

"Today's National Conference of the Home Affairs sector is an opportunity for us to look back on the results achieved and not achieved in 2025, share the difficulties, challenges, concerns and look forward to 2026 with higher determination and more drastic action" - the Minister emphasized.
Reporting on the content of the organization and staffing at the conference, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang said that, implementing the policy of arranging and streamlining the organization and apparatus of the Central Government, the Ministry of Home Affairs has proactively advised on the summary of the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, accordingly, after implementing the arrangement, the organization and apparatus of the Government of the 15th tenure will be streamlined, including: 14 ministries, 3 ministerial-level agencies, 5 agencies under the Government.
Regarding the arrangement of specialized agencies, the provincial level reduced 709 agencies; the district-level specialized agencies reduced 8,289 agencies.

To date, 467 specialized agencies under the provincial People's Committee and 9,916 commune-level specialized departments have been established nationwide in communes, wards and special zones.
Timely develop and perfect policies when arranging and streamlining the organizational apparatus in conjunction with streamlining the payroll to ensure humanity, appropriateness, restructuring, and improving the quality of the staff, civil servants, and public employees in accordance with the requirements of the Central Steering Committee.
In addition, administrative reform work has always received regular, close attention and comprehensive direction from the Government, the Prime Minister and ministries, branches and localities; especially timely instructions and guidance to remove difficulties and obstacles arising in the process of organizing and operating the 2-level local government model, focusing on key areas, to remove "bottlenecks" in handling administrative procedures.
Ministries, branches and localities have made many efforts to implement the contents and tasks of administrative reform according to approved programs and plans, with many creative, practical and effective solutions and methods.
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- There will be a new decree as a basis for arranging specialized departments at the commune level
- Expected professional and technical job positions at commune-level specialized departments
- The Ministry of Home Affairs clarifies the functions and tasks of the professional department at the commune level