Government proposes keeping structure at 15th NA’s first session
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the Government, on July 22 proposed the National Assembly sustain the Government’s structure of 18 ministries and four ministerial-level agencies in the 14th term for the 15th tenure.
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the Government, on July 22 proposed the National Assembly sustain the Government’s structure of 18ministries and four ministerial-level agencies in the 14th term for the 15thtenure.
Presentingthe proposal as part of the 15th NA’s ongoing first session, the PM said the 14th Government’s structure of 18 ministries and fourministerial-level followed a multi-sector and multi-aspect model whosemanagement scale has been gradually improved be fully functioning acrosssectors, in contribution to the realisation of goals set by the 12th NationalParty Congress’s Resolution.
Basedon activities in the past tenure, the structure could be said as being consolidatedin accordance with the Party's guidelines and the NA’s resolution, he added.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the proposal at the event (Photo: VNA)
Hestated that applying the organisational structure of the 13th tenureto the 14th tenure had created conditions for the Government to effectivelyperform the constitutional role of the highest state administrative body,exercise its executive power, and act as the executive authority of the NA.
Accordingto the PM, functions, tasks and power of ministries and ministerial-levelagencies have been supplemented and improved; their apparatuses have also beengradually streamlined for better efficiency./.
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At the event (Photo: VNA) 
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the proposal at the event (Photo: VNA) 
