Delegates attending the conference

Attending the conference were Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council, Head of the City National Assembly Delegation, former Secretary of the City Party Committee Le Truong Luu; Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong; along with members of the Standing Committee, Standing Committee, Executive Committee of the City Party Committee; representatives of leaders of Party committees, the City Party Committee Office; secretaries of Party committees of wards, communes and affiliated Party committees.

Streamline, reduce intermediate levels

Immediately after the Central Committee issued Resolution 18, the Standing Committee of the Hue City Party Committee identified this as a key task with profound political significance, directly impacting the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire political system. The City Party Committee issued specific plans and projects in accordance with local realities, and at the same time organized extensive dissemination to Party committees, Party organizations, agencies and units; mobilizing the synchronous and drastic participation of the entire political system.

Up to now, the whole city has basically completed the arrangement and consolidation of the organizational apparatus in the direction of streamlining, reducing intermediate levels, increasing connectivity in leadership, management and operation. Specifically, the City Party Committee has merged many specialized agencies, reducing 30% of the focal points of the state administrative sector, the number of departments, branches and sectors under the City People's Committee to 14 units.

Along with perfecting the two-level local government model, the City Party Committee directed the City People's Committee to reorganize commune-level administrative units from 133 to 40 communes and wards; reduce 270 villages, residential groups and 97 public service units compared to 2017.

The City Party Committee also pays special attention to personnel work, streamlining the payroll and restructuring the team according to job positions. As of August 2025, the Party and Front bloc reduced the payroll by more than 10%, the state administrative bloc streamlined more than 1,050 cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers, with a total expenditure of over 1,070 billion VND.

Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong assessed that the achieved results are vivid evidence of the close leadership and direction of the City Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, the unity in perception and action of the entire political system, and the consensus and strong support of cadres, party members and the people. The Hue City Party Committee always thoroughly grasps the spirit of Resolution 18, concretizing it with a clear, steady roadmap and steps, suitable to local conditions.

Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong presented the commemorative medal "For the cause of Party building and organization work" to comrades Le Truong Luu and Phan Xuan Toan.
At the conference, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong presented the "For the cause of Party building and organization work" medal to comrade Le Truong Luu, member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Council, Head of the City National Assembly Delegation and comrade Phan Xuan Toan, member of the Standing Committee, Head of the City Party Committee's Organization Committee.

Continue to improve and enhance operational efficiency

In the 2025-2030 period, the Hue City Party Committee determined to continue to synchronously deploy solutions to build a streamlined, modern, effective and efficient political system and apparatus, associated with the goal of building Hue into a centrally-run heritage city.

To improve operational efficiency in the coming time, delegates attending the conference proposed to soon assign official staff to localities, and at the same time, reasonably allocate staff between the Party and the State, ensuring that they are commensurate with actual functions and tasks. Along with that, it is necessary to consolidate a number of specialized departments and offices when human resources are being divided and dispersed across many agencies, causing difficulties for coordination.

Localities recommended adding more staff to support the processing of documents and professional work. In addition, it is recommended to pay attention to and have appropriate support policies for village and residential group cadres, because the workload is increasing and the requirements are getting higher.

Concluding the conference, Secretary of the City Party Committee and Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Van Phuong emphasized: "The implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW is not only a matter of restructuring the organizational apparatus, but more deeply, it is a process of renewing leadership thinking, improving management and operational capacity and serving the people effectively. Hue City is determined to build a streamlined, effective and efficient political system, suitable for the development requirements of a heritage, cultural, ecological, smart and modern urban area."

The City Party Secretary praised the sense of responsibility, outstanding efforts and silent dedication of the staff and civil servants at the grassroots level, who directly undertake a large amount of work in difficult conditions. The government apparatus at the commune and ward levels has been operating smoothly, but it is inevitable that there will be initial difficulties; therefore, the City Party Committee and People's Committee will continue to accompany, remove difficulties and provide maximum support to the grassroots level.

Delegates discussed at the conference

The City Party Secretary directed the city's agencies, departments and branches to proactively arrange staff to strengthen and support communes and wards in the initial phase of operating the new model; assigned the Department of Finance to study mechanisms and plans to support resources for localities, especially in personnel work and building the 2026 budget estimate.

Secretary of the City Party Committee Nguyen Van Phuong further emphasized that in the coming time, the entire political system of the city needs to focus on thoroughly grasping and implementing the Resolution of the 17th City Party Congress, well preparing for the election of the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels; at the same time, improving the fighting strength of grassroots Party organizations, promoting training, fostering, improving the capacity of cadres, strengthening inspection and supervision work with a spirit of support, creating maximum conditions for grassroots organizations to successfully complete their tasks.

At the conference, Standing Committee member, Head of the Organizing Committee of the City Party Committee Phan Xuan Toan reported on the summary of the work of the 17th Hue City Party Congress, term 2025-2030, held from October 2-4, 2025. With the motto "Solidarity - Democracy - Discipline - Development", the Congress discussed enthusiastically, reached high consensus, and passed reports, resolutions, and action programs for the new period. The Congress elected an Executive Committee of 52 comrades; Comrade Nguyen Van Phuong, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee was elected to hold the position of Secretary of the City Party Committee for the term 2025-2030.
Article and photos: DUC QUANG

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