Localities will receive the Market Management Department as is

According to the plan to orient, arrange and streamline the Government’s apparatus, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will end the general department model with the General Department of Market Management. It is expected that the Department of Domestic Market Supervision Management will be established, based on the functions, tasks and apparatus of the General Department of Market Management and the Department of Domestic Market. 63 local Market Management Departments have been transferred to the People’s Committees of provinces and cities, expected to follow the model of a branch under the Department of Industry and Trade.

At the conference summarizing the industry and trade sector on December 23, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said that the Party Committee and Ministry leaders requested the leaders of the People’s Committees and Departments of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities to accept the status quo of the Administration Departments. market management after the official decision of the competent authority. The takeover will include people, assets, and investment projects transitioned from the local market management unit.

“This is urgently needed so that the new model of the market management force can soon operate stably, ensuring the function of market inspection and supervision,” the Minister said.

According to him, at the end of the year and the 2025 Lunar New Year, the commodity market will be very vibrant, easily causing errors in production and business. Therefore, all activities of market management must remain normal, there must be no gaps in management.

The General Department of Market Management (under the Ministry of Industry and Trade) was established in 2018, on the basis of upgrading from the Department of Market Management. Currently, the structure of this force is organized vertically. Specifically, the provincial and city market management departments will be directly managed by the general department. Teams at district and county levels… are managed by local departments.

In addition to eliminating the general department model, according to the Project on arranging and streamlining the apparatus submitted to the Government by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the number of focal points of this agency will decrease from 28 units to 23, a decrease of 5 units, respectively. 17.8%.

Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said this is a difficult, complicated, and sensitive matter but cannot be delayed any longer. He requested the Party Committee and leaders of units under the ministry to strictly implement the policy of arranging and streamlining the organizational structure.

According to him, the Ministry of Industry and Trade determined that the arrangement of the apparatus needs to be done immediately but must ensure objectivity, democracy and science. This is to ensure a streamlined and efficient apparatus, instead of just a mechanical arrangement. “This is a policy to reduce overlap and ambiguity in functions and tasks between units,” he said, adding that units “absolutely do not lose internal solidarity, compare, or neglect in performing public duties”.

Leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Trade reminded subordinates about handling finance, budget, public assets and transitioning management of investment projects during the arrangement process. In addition, units must proactively review and propose mechanisms and policies appropriate to the new apparatus to ensure “this model must be better than the old one”.

“The new model must go into operation immediately, without interrupting work or gaps in time and areas of responsibility,” Mr. Dien added.

This year, the market management force has inspected and inspected 68,280 cases, a decrease of 5% compared to the same period in 2023. This force detected and handled 47,135 violations, a decrease of 10% compared to the same period in 2023. Same period. With that, 178 cases showing signs of crime were transferred to the investigation agency. Through handling violations, market management collected over 541 billion VND to the budget, an increase of 8% over the same period last year.