reader Posted February 19 Posted February 19 From The Nation / Reuters Vietnam's National Assembly on Tuesday approved a bold bureaucratic reform plan that will slash up to a fifth of government bodies, as the country tries to cut costs and improve administrative efficiency. The number of government ministries will be reduced to 14 from the current 18, to be up and running from March 1, the assembly said in a statement. More than 97% of the lawmakers present approved the plan. The assembly earlier on Tuesday passed an amendment to a law on organising government, paving the way for approval of the planned cull of 15% to 20% of the state apparatus, which will also include four agencies and five state television channels, among other cuts. The plan coincides with similar post-pandemic government cost-cutting measures being implemented or pledged across the world, including by Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump. Vietnam's state media reported last month that the restructuring would affect 100,000 state officials. It did not elaborate. "Poor-performing employees must be removed from the system," it quoted Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, as saying. "State agencies must not be safe shelters for incompetent officials." https://www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/40046451 Quote
