Hanoi, March 18, 2025 (AFP) - Vietnam to slash provinces as cost-cutting drive expands

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2025-03-18

Vietnam is planning to reduce the number of provinces by half and slash commune-level authorities by up to 70 percent, further expanding a streamlining drive that aims to cut billions of dollars from state budgets. The cost-cutting measures have already seen the number of government ministries and agencies chopped from 30 to 22, and one in five public sector jobs will be cut over the next five years. On Tuesday, a statement on the government's......

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