Ministries, central agencies must submit decrees on decentralization before June 10

Deputy Prime Ministers were tasked to conduct thorough review these decrees before submitting to the Prime Minister for issuance prior to June 12.

Decentralization and delegation of authorities from central to local levels are of significance to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system in the new development era.

The aforesaid process shall be carried out in a comprehensive manner, from the National Assembly to the Government, from the Government to local administrations, said Prime Minister Pham while presiding over a meeting on decentralization and delegation of authority on May 29.

Revolution in streamlining political system

In early November last year, General Secretary To Lam released an article calling for a "revolution" in streamlining the apparatus of the political system.

The article, with less than 3,000 words, highlighted the current situation of Viet Nam's political system which features cumbersome and multi-layered apparatus, leading to overlapping functions and hindering national development process.

Maintaining such an apparatus requires huge costs and reduces room for allocating financial resources for other important tasks, including ensuring national defense and security and improving people's life.

General Secretary To Lam pointed out that delays in streamlining and rearranging the apparatus of the political system have resulted in serious consequences, notably many guidelines and policies of the Party have slowly been realized or not implemented.

The Party leader requested the serious and comprehensive review of seven-year implementation of the Resolution No. 18 on continued reform and rearrangement of the apparatus of the political system adopted at the 6the plenum of the 12th Party Central Committee.

Based on the review outcomes, authorities at all levels have to put forward solutions to reform and rearrange the apparatus of the political system to the Politburo and the Party Central Committee for consideration and approval.

Building a hybrid, strong and efficient political system will be the basis and prerequisite for Viet Nam to enter a new period of development. That is why this revolution has been initiated and implemented drastically.

General Secretary To Lam is promoting "urgent and fundamental changes" in Viet Nam's State and Party institutions by calling for a revolution in rearranging and streamlining the political system, Australia's prestigious professor Carlyle Thayer told VGP in a recent interview.

General Secretary To Lam clearly sees that if Viet Nam continues on its present course it will have great difficulty achieving the objectives of the 13th national party congress to become a developed country with a high income by 2045. Business as usual is not an option./.