Decision No. 127/2002/QĐ-TTg On Implementing a Pilot Scheme for Allocating Staff Quotas and Operating Funds of State Treasury

DECISION OF THE PRIME MINISTER

Regarding the implementation of a pilot scheme for allocating personnel quotasfor State Treasury

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PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;

Pursuant to the Ordinance on Thrift and Anti-Waste dated February 26, 1998, and Decree No. 38/1998/NĐ-CP dated June 9, 1998 of the Government detailing the implementation of the Ordinance on Thrift and Anti-Waste;

Pursuant to the Overall Program for Administrative Reform of the State for the period 2001-2010 issued together with Decision No. 136/2001/QĐ-TTg dated September 17, 2001;

Pursuant to Decree No. 25/CP dated April 5, 1995 of the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the State Treasury under the Ministry of Finance;

At the proposal of the Minister of Finance,

DECISION:

Article 1. Implementing a pilot scheme for allocating personnel quotas and operating funds for the State Treasury under the Ministry of Finance over three years, from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2004.

Article 2. The implementation of the pilot scheme for allocating personnel quotas and operating funds for the State Treasury must ensure the following objectives and requirements:

1. To reform the operational mechanism, labor management mechanism, and management and utilization of operating funds for the State Treasury in order to enhance efficiency and quality of work within the State Treasury system.

2. To promote scientific organization and arrangement of work, streamline the organizational structure, and improve the effectiveness and efficacy of the machinery in managing state treasury, serving customers, and state financial transactions.

3. To comply with regulations on revenue systems while practicing thrift and anti-waste measures for expenditures to create conditions for investment development, increase income, improve living standards of officials, civil servants, and employees, and link material responsibility with the interests of State Treasury civil servants in their professional activities.

4. To implement transparency and democracy in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Article 3. On the allocation of personnel quotas.

1. The Minister of Finance shall allocate personnel quotas to the State Treasury in accordance with its assigned functions and tasks as stipulated and based on the initiative to organize and arrange the management and utilization of labor in compliance with the national policy of streamlining personnel quotas. The allocated personnel quota for the State Treasury shall be within the total personnel quota granted to the Ministry of Finance.

2. In cases where there is a change in the number of State Treasury units due to the establishment or merger at provincial or centrally-administered city levels or the addition of functions and tasks pursuant to decisions of competent authorities, the Minister of Finance shall propose adjustments to the personnel quota to the competent authority for approval.

3. The State Treasury may proactively implement recruitment and hiring of labor in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Labor, ensuring the completion of assigned tasks.

Article 4. Financial resources of the State Treasury.

1. State budget allocation.

2. Operating funds from the difference between revenues and expenditures arising during the course of State Treasury operations.

3. Operating funds from sponsorships by domestic and foreign organizations and individuals for units under the State Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Article 5. The allocated operating fund from the State budget is 210 billion VND per year. The State Treasury may use the operating funds specified in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 4 of this Decision to supplement operating expenses in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Finance.

Article 6. Contents of the allocated operating funds include:

1. Recurrent expenditure, including: expenditure for human resources; administrative management expenditure; business operation expenditure; expenditure for outgoing and incoming transactions.

2. Expenditure for information technology application and development according to the program and plan of the agency.

3. Expenditure for repairing infrastructure and purchasing assets to serve assigned professional tasks.

4. Expenditure for short-term vocational training and capacity building for staff and civil servants according to the program and plan of the agency.

Article 7. The allocation of operating funds shall not apply to the following expenses:

1. Centralized construction expenditure in accordance with current regulations on investment and construction management.

2. Expenditure for modernizing information technology according to the government's program.

3. Expenditure for implementing national-level research projects and national target programs.

4. Expenditure for training and capacity building for staff and civil servants according to the national plan.

5. Expenditure for streamlining personnel quotas in accordance with the regulations set by the state.

6. Non-recurrent business expenditure (issuance of government bonds, treasury bills, treasury notes, other non-recurrent business expenditure).

Article 8. The State Treasury may use increased revenue and savings for the following purposes:

1. Supplementing expenditures for strengthening infrastructure, equipment, information technology application and development, and training to improve service quality, expand and enhance industry activity capacity.

2. Increasing the minimum wage level for State Treasury staff up to a maximum of 2.5 times the national minimum wage level as prescribed by the state.

3. Providing additional subsidies outside the general policy for those who voluntarily retire during the process of labor organization and restructuring (if applicable).

4. Establishing reserves: Income stabilization reserve; Industry development reserve; Award reserve; Welfare reserve. The maximum contribution rate for the Award reserve and Welfare reserve shall not exceed three months' salary.

The State Treasury may proactively establish expenditure standards and regulations in line with its special activities based on applying state-prescribed standards and regulations within the scope of financial resources permitted under Article 4 of this Decision.

Any unused allocated funds in a given year may be carried forward to the next year for continued use.

Article 9. During the period of implementing the allocation of operating funds, when the state changes policies and regulations, the State Treasury shall cover any additional expenditures according to new policies and regulations. If the financial resources of the State Treasury are insufficient to maintain the minimum level of expenditure required to sustain the operation of the machinery, the Minister of Finance shall report to the Prime Minister for appropriate adjustment.

Article 10. Annually, the Ministry of Finance shall take the lead in organizing mid-term reviews and evaluations to draw lessons from the guidance on the implementation of the pilot scheme for allocating personnel quotas and operating funds for the State Treasury; coordinate with relevant agencies to resolve emerging issues and report to the Prime Minister on the results of implementation.

Article 11. This Decision shall take effect from January 1, 2002. All previous decisions and guiding documents that conflict with this Decision are hereby abolished.

The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Home Affairs are responsible for guiding the implementation of this Decision.

Article 12. The Ministers of Finance, Home Affairs, Planning and Investment, Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Justice, and the Heads of relevant agencies shall be responsible for implementing this Decision./.