A project to upgrade and repair the clean water supply for residents of Quảng Kim Commune (Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình). — VNA/VNS Photo Đức Thọ

HÀ NỘI — Several new policies will come into effect in September, including the Government’s new regulation on the number of deputy heads in agencies and units, and a credit policy for rural clean water supply and environmental sanitation.

Decree No. 83/2024/NĐ-CP, which takes effect from September 1, amends and supplements certain provisions on the functions, powers and organisational structure of ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

Regarding the number of deputy heads, the new regulation in Decree No. 83/2024/NĐ-CP stipulates that boards and offices with 15 to 20 staff members, including civil servants and public employees, are allowed to have no more than two deputy heads.

For boards and offices with over 20 staff members, the head of the government agency decides the number of deputy heads for each unit, ensuring an average of no more than three deputies per unit.

New credit policy for rural clean water supply and environmental sanitation

On July 15, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 10/2024/QĐ-TTg on credit for the implementation of rural clean water supply and environmental sanitation.

This Decision provides for a credit policy for rural clean water supply and environmental sanitation to implement the National Strategy for Rural Clean Water Supply and Sanitation until 2030, with a vision to 2045, as stated in Decision No. 1978/QĐ-TTg dated November 24, 2021 by the Prime Minister. This policy offers loans for new construction, renovation and repair of two types of projects, including household-scale water supply projects and household environmental sanitation projects.

The eligible borrowers are households residing in rural areas where they are registered as permanent or temporary residents. The loan conditions require that these households reside in rural areas that do not have a household water supply or sanitation projects, or where such facilities exist but are damaged and need to be newly constructed, upgraded or repaired.

The maximum loan isVNĐ 25 million per project type, per customer, with a maximum loan term of five years (or 60 months) at the following interest rates: the annual loan interest rate at 9 per cent and overdue interest rate at 130 per cent of the loan interest rate.

Decision No. 10/2024/QĐ-TTg takes effect from September 2, 2024.

New regulation on the conversion of State-owned enterprises into one-member limited liability companies

The Government issued Decree No. 89/2024/NĐ-CP on the conversion of State-owned enterprises established and operated under the Law on State Enterprises into one-member limited liability companies organised and operating under the Law on Enterprises.

According to the Decree, the applicable subjects include: Enterprises established and operated under the Law on State Enterprises that have not yet been converted into one-member limited liability companies, including enterprises established or managed by ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and the people’s committees of provinces and centrally run cities (referred to as State-owned enterprises); Enterprises established or managed by one-member limited liability companies with 100 per cent State-owned charter capital (referred to as subsidiaries that have not yet been converted). — VNS