Vietnam is set to undergo its most significant bureaucratic overhaul in decades, with plans to eliminate ministries, agencies, and state broadcasters. The aim is to streamline processes and reduce red tape, but the move could lead to short-term operational challenges.
Communist-run Vietnam is planning its boldest bureaucratic reform in decades, slashing ministries, agencies and broadcasters in a bid to reduce bottlenecks and red tape, but risking short-term “paralysis”, officials and investors said. Under the plan, five ministries, four government agencies and five state TV channels would be among the bodies that will cease to exist, according to Communist Party documents reviewed by Reuters and reports in state media.
The proposal is still in its preliminary stages and is subject to changes by the time is set to be voted in parliament in February. No figure has been circulated about the number of jobs that could be cut, but thousands of state employees are likely to be affected, based on the magnitude of the cuts envisaged in the documents. Vietnam, a South-east Asian industrial hub, relies heavily on foreign investment in manufacturing, which fuels a booming export-oriented economy. However, in recent years investors’ discontent has grown louder over delays in project approvals and regulatory reforms compounded by a sweeping anti-corruption campaign. Responding to that criticism, Vietnam’s new Communist Party leader To Lam this month launched a massive overhaul of state bodies, soon after he was appointed to the country’s most powerful job.The bold move comes about a year before the Communist Party congress, which in early 2026 will decide whether to confirm Lam in his job. It also 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-elect Donald Trum
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