Minister of Home Affairs Phạm Thi Thanh Tra (left). - Photo: VNA/VNS
HANOI: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has approved a plan on restructuring and streamlining the organisational apparatus of the political system, in which 10 ministries are merged into five, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said on Saturday (Jan 25).
Specifically, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance will be merged into the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Transport will be merged into the Ministry of Construction; the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will be merged into the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Science and Technology will be merged into the Ministry of Science and Technology; while the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs will be merged into the Ministry of Home Affairs.
