New Decree on Functions, organizational structure of Ministry of Home Affairs approved

04/07/2017

On April 3, the Vietnam Government issued Decree No. 34/2017/NĐ-CP  on functions, tasks, competence and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Home Affairs is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: organizational structure of state administration; local government organizations, management of administrative boundaries; officials, public servants and state employees; Non-governmental organizations; emulation and reward; religions; state archives, youth and state administration of public services.

Under the new Decree, the Ministry of Home Affairs has 22 subordinate divisions, decreased from 24 divisions as specified in the previous decree, including:

1.     Department of Organization and Personnel

2.     Department of Local Government

3.     Department of Civil Servants - Public Employees

4.     Department of Training for Civil Servants

5.     Department of Remunerations

6.     Department of Non-governmental organizations

7.     Department of Administrative reforms

8.     Department of International cooperation

9.     Department of Legislation

10.   Department of Planning and finance

11.  Department of General Affairs

12.  Department of Youth Affairs

13.   Department of Organization and Personnel

14.  The Ministry Inspectorate

15.  The Ministry Office

16.    Bureau of State Records Management and Archives

17.    Central Committee for Emulation and Reward

18.   Government Committee for Religious Affairs

19.   National Academy of Public Administration

20.    Institute for State Organizational Sciences

21.    State Organization Magazine

22.    Information Centre

This Decree replaces the Government's Decree No 58/2014/NĐ-CP dated June 16, 2014 on functions, tasks, competence and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

 

PH