The Interior Ministry is the focal point, shouldering an "unprecedented" historical mission.

(Dan Tri) - In the process of streamlining the apparatus, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Home Affairs sector are the focus of the revolution with the core role of advising, proposing and directly shouldering the "unprecedented" historical mission.

The above content was emphasized by Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra in her opening speech at the Conference to review the work of the first 6 months of the year and deploy key tasks for the last 6 months of 2025 of the Home Affairs sector on the morning of July 25.

Special Conference

Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra summarized that this is a special conference as it is the first time it is held directly after the merger of the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs since March 1; after the 2-level local government has been in operation for nearly 1 month and preparing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Ministry of Home Affairs' traditional day (August 28, 1945 - August 28, 2025).

"This is also the first time in the special space of the Home Affairs sector that we have welcomed the directors of the Department of Home Affairs of the provinces and cities after the merger," said the Minister.

According to the Minister, the entire political system and our people have overcome all challenges and disadvantages to create a strong transformation, with outstanding achievements in all fields.

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra (Photo: Hai Long).

More than that, it is a revolution to streamline the organizational apparatus, arrange administrative units at all levels and build a 2-level local government model with strategic vision, breakthrough thinking, and a philosophy of rapid and sustainable development with the motto "Synchronous, all-people, comprehensive, thorough, lightning-fast, bold, effective...".

“In which, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Home Affairs sector are the focal point of the revolution with the core role of advising, proposing and directly shouldering the unprecedented historical mission of “running and lining up at the same time”. From there, it requires advising and implementing promptly, cautiously, thoroughly, scientifically , multi-dimensionally, methodically, synchronously but consistently and comprehensively”, the head of the Home Affairs sector commented.

Under the close, scientific and specific leadership of the Politburo, the Central Executive Committee, the Government, the political determination, synchronization and drasticness of the entire political system and the consensus of the people, the Ministry and the Home Affairs sector nationwide have advised and achieved many outstanding results, creating a strong mark, contributing significantly to the initial success of the great revolution in organizational apparatus since the founding of the country until now.

Complete a massive amount of work

The most notable mark mentioned by the Minister is the completion of a huge amount of work, advising the Politburo, the Central Executive Committee, the Government, and the Prime Minister on policies and institutions as a legal basis for implementation.

Next, the Home Affairs sector has advised on the implementation of restructuring the apparatus and state administrative system from the central to local levels, focusing on reducing the number of focal points of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies and specialized agencies of People's Committees at all levels in localities.

Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra emphasized that the results achieved in the advisory work, the completion of the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a two-level local government with the goal of being close to the people, serving the people better, have basically come into stable operation, initially meeting the requirements.

Overview of the conference (Photo: Hai Long).

Along with presiding over and coordinating with ministries and branches to advise on implementing the motto that General Secretary To Lam has directed, which is decentralization, decentralization, letting localities decide, localities do and localities take responsibility, the Ministry of Home Affairs also guides the streamlining of staff, restructuring and gradually improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees associated with policies to resolve cadres, civil servants and public employees affected by the arrangement of the apparatus organization in the most reasonable and humane way.

Next, the Minister said that the Ministry and the Home Affairs sector also synchronously completed the basic political tasks for 6 months and in the fields of state management after the merger of the Home Affairs sector and the Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs sector, together united, unified, and joined hands to promote the good traditional, historical, and cultural values of the two sectors in carrying out the political tasks assigned by the Party and the State.

In the first 6 months of 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs identified the work of building and perfecting institutions and policies as a key, core, and consistent task in state management.

In general, the work of building and perfecting institutions has had many positive changes, innovations contributing to perfecting the system of legal documents, establishing a solid legal basis for implementing innovation in the organization and operation of the Government and local governments at two levels.

Implementing Resolution 18-NQ/TW, the Ministry of Home Affairs has advised the Government to issue a series of directive documents to streamline the apparatus, rearrange professional agencies at all levels and organize the operation of the 2-level local government model.

Regarding staff streamlining, up to now, 85,447 people have been decided to quit their jobs, of which more than 77,000 have retired or quit their jobs. More than 74,000 people have submitted or have been approved for support funding.

The Home Affairs sector has also made its mark in institutional building by submitting to the Politburo, the Secretariat, the National Assembly and the Government more than 100 legal documents, including laws, resolutions, decrees and circulars. Notably, the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants 2025 has been passed, laying the foundation for managing civil servants according to job positions and attracting high-quality human resources.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/noi-vu/nganh-noi-vu-la-tam-diem-ganh-su-menh-lich-su-chua-co-tien-le-20250725090225705.htm