HANOI -- Vietnamese officials are drastically cutting the number of ministries and government agencies, aiming to eliminate red tape and redundancies in a bid to boost growth.
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Vietnam consolidates government ministries to combat waste
Bureaucratic downsizing expected to affect 100,000 civil servants
Vietnam's Finance Ministry, headquartered in Hanoi, will be merged with the Ministry of Planning and Investment. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
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