Vietnam parliament to approve plan for leaner government


  • World
  • Tuesday, 18 Feb 2025

A general view of the Vietnam National Assembly during the opening ceremony of its 7th session, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thinh Nguyen/ File Photo

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's National Assembly will on Tuesday approve a bold bureaucratic reform plan that will slash up to a fifth of government bodies, as it tries to cut costs and improve administrative efficiency.

The assembly earlier on Tuesday passed an amendment to a Law on Organising the Government, paving the way for a cull of 15% to 20% of the state apparatus that will include five ministries, four agencies and five state television channels, among other cuts.

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