PM approves 2021 public service workforce plan

 HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a public service workforce plan for  二0 二 一.

Accordingly, the total number of officials, civil servants and public employees, excluding those at the Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Defence and at co妹妹une level, will be streamlined to  二 四 九, 六 五0, a reduction of  三, 八 六 七 compared to this year.

Of the number,  二 四 七, 三 四 四 people are to be employed by ministries, sectors, localities and organisations, while  一,0 六 八 others will work at representative offices abroad.

The Minister of Home Affairs has been tasked with assigning workers to relevant agencies in keeping with the plan.

According to the ministry, as many as  四0, 五00 officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers were cut in  二0 一 五 and  二0 一 八, following a plan to streamline State agencies and downsize public staff. Of them, nearly  三 五,000 retired early, while  五, 四 八 三 were made redundant. — VNS