Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved a public service workforce plan for2021.
Accordingly, the total number of officials,civil servants and public employees, excluding those of the Ministry of PublicSecurity, Ministry of Defence and at the commune level, will be streamlined to249,650, a reduction by 3,867 compared to this year.
Of the number, 247,344 people are to beemployed at ministries, sectors, localities and organisations while 1,068others will work at representative offices abroad.
The Minister of Home Affairs is tasked withassigning workforce to relevant agencies in keeping with the plan.
According to the Ministry, as many as40,500 officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers were cut downbetween 2015 and 2018, following a plan to streamline State agencies anddownsize public staff. Of them, nearly 35,000 retired early, while 5,483 weremade redundant./.