Expected to pay 111,000 billion VND to cadres when streamlining the apparatus

Minimum reduction of 20% of civil servants and public employees

The Government recently officially issued Decree 178/2024/ND-CP on policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces in implementing the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus of the political system.

The Ministry of Home Affairs then issued Circular 01/2025/TT-BNV with specific instructions on how to determine the time and monthly salary to calculate the enjoyment of policies and regimes according to Decree 178/2024/ND-CP.

The most notable content is that in the most recent dispatch sent to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, the Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the Government requested ministries, branches and localities to complete the development of criteria, regulations for evaluation and implementation of reviewing and screening civil servants and public employees under their management, ensuring a minimum reduction of 20% of civil servants and public employees receiving salaries from the state budget to reduce staff according to the plan to reorganize and streamline the apparatus of ministries and branches in accordance with the roadmap for implementing policies stipulated in Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP.

Some localities have submitted to the People's Council a proposal for the policy of issuing a Resolution on support policies for cadres, civil servants, and public employees who retire early and quit their jobs in the implementation of organizational restructuring in the area.

In which, Hai Duong province plans the province's support level for 835 cadres, civil servants and public employees affected by the implementation of the restructuring and streamlining of the apparatus of about 158.7 billion VND (from regular expenditure sources), an average of 190.1 million VND/person.

With a total of 6,291 people subject to staff streamlining, the estimated payment cost in Ho Chi Minh City is up to VND16,789 billion, of which VND9,912 billion is according to Decree 178/2024 of the Government and VND6,877 billion is from the Ho Chi Minh City budget for additional support.

Regarding the additional support policy for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in implementing the arrangement of the apparatus and administrative units in the province, the People's Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province plans to have a total estimated cost of implementing the additional support policy of the province of about 322 billion VND from the implementation budget guaranteed from the provincial budget.

Expected to spend 130,000 billion VND to implement policies and regimes

Regarding the selection of people for the purpose of arrangement, the Ministry of Home Affairs recently advised the Government Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution 18 to issue documents guiding and urging ministries, branches and localities to stipulate specific criteria and conditions for the characteristics and situations of each ministry, branch and locality on that basis, along with evaluating the last 3 years to select people to continue to keep working, people to be subject to arrangement to have appropriate calculation plans and roadmaps.

Regarding the funding source for policy implementation for cadres, civil servants and public employees in the process of restructuring the apparatus, according to Chief of Office, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs Vu Dang Minh, right from the time of drafting Decree 178, the Ministry of Home Affairs has asked for the opinion of the Central Steering Committee on summarizing the implementation of Resolution 18, asking for the opinion of General Secretary To Lam on the options.

According to the estimate of the Ministry of Home Affairs, it is expected that VND 130,000 billion is needed to implement the above policies and regimes, provided by the state budget and revenue from public service units.

Of which, 111,000 billion VND is spent on policies and regimes for cadres; 4,000 billion VND is spent on policies and regimes for workers; 9,000 billion VND is spent on policies and regimes for commune-level cadres and civil servants; 4,000 billion VND is spent on social insurance and 2,000 billion VND is spent on training and development.

The expected payment source is very large, however, the implementation of staff streamlining will reduce regular expenditures and reduce funding from the state budget to pay social insurance, health insurance, union funds for cadres, civil servants, and public employees on leave (22%); 10% of the bonus fund.

Therefore, in 5 years, the state budget is expected to save about 113,000 billion VND.