Holiday Ayo - The National Assembly or Vietnam's Parliament will approve the plan to cut ministries as part of bureaucratic reform today, Tuesday (2/18). 

With the ratification of the plan, at least one-fifth of government agencies will be cut for budget efficiency.

Reported by Reuters, the Vietnamese Parliament has given the green light for the government to pass amendments to the Law on Governance. 

The amendment regulates a 15-20 percent reduction in civil servants or PNS in 5 ministries, 4 institutions, and 5 state television stations. 

Secretary General of the Communist Party in Vietnam, To Lam said that the move would not only save the state budget, but also increase efficiency. 

This policy has been welcomed by investors, diplomats, and officials, although it is estimated that there will be some administrative delays in the short term in Vietnam, which is a regional industry and relies heavily on foreign investment.

Several ministries in Vietnam merged The Vietnamese government said that the reduction of ministries will have an impact on the reshuffle.

However, it is certain that it will not affect project approvals. Later, several ministries will be merged into one.

For example, the Ministry of Planning and Investment which approves foreign investment projects will be merged with the Ministry of Finance. 

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Construction will also be merged into one.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will also be merged with the Ministry of Agriculture. 

This plan coincides with the government's post-pandemic cost-cutting measures as carried out by several world leaders, Argentine President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump. 

Quoted from The Straits Times, the plan to cut ministries will have an impact on the termination of employment (PHK) of 100,000 civil servants in Vietnam. 

This was reported by the Vietnamese government media. However, it was not further explained which ministries whose employees were threatened with layoffs. 

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh only said that the layoffs targeted civil servants with poor performance.

"Poorly performing employees must be removed from the system," he said. 

“State agencies must not become a safe haven for incompetent officials," Nguyen stressed.