Ho Chi Minh City plans to complete its restructuring and streamlining of administrative systems between February 13 and 16, 2025, with results to be submitted to the Standing Committee of the HCMC Party Committee, according to the Department of Home Affairs.

This morning (December 26), the Department presented its roadmap for restructuring administrative operations in alignment with Central Government directives at a conference summarizing the city’s socio-economic performance in 2024 and outlining tasks for 2025.

The Department of Home Affairs specified that from December 28, 2024, to February 16, 2025, all organizations and administrative bodies must finalize their restructuring processes, stabilize operations, and report the results to the Department.

Organizational reductions and streamlining efforts

According to Director of the HCMC Department of Home Affairs, Vo Ngoc Quoc Thuan, HCM City will reduce its internal organizational units by 15% and streamline its workforce in accordance with Central Government guidelines.

Currently, the city has 21 specialized agencies, which will be reduced to 15 after the restructuring.

Other administrative offices, numbering eight, will be consolidated into four.

In district-level People’s Committees, the number of departments will decrease from 12 to 10. For Thu Duc City, this will involve reducing departments from 16 to 14.

Thuan emphasized that restructuring efforts must ensure synchronization, consistency, and seamless integration in governance across sectors and levels of government.

The process also aims to downsize internal structures while optimizing workforce composition and enhancing the quality of civil servants to meet contemporary needs.

"The streamlined system will strengthen and build a lean yet capable cadre of public officials, meeting the city's developmental needs and creating momentum for rapid and sustainable growth," Thuan stated.

Ho Van