HCM City: From 1 May 2018, State will calculate cost package for State cars

	8 State cars are retrieved
	Strict management and use of state properties – Unit 1: Begin with state cars
	Forbid to use donated and gifted cars not in line with criteria and norms

Cost package for State cars will save tens of billions of VND.

HCM City's Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong has recently signed a decision to pilot the cost of using automobiles for 5 units, including: Office of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Department of Finance, Food Safety and Management Board, Binh Thanh District People's Committee and Binh Chanh District People's Committee.

The allocation of State car cost is calculated only for the transfer of staff from the office to the place of work, without applying the case of daily transportation from the place of residence to the place of work.

Subjects of leadership under the new regulation include positions with a work coefficent of 0.7 or higher, such as: Chief and Deputy Chief of HCMC People's Committee; Directors and Deputy Directors of the Department of Finance; Food Safety Committee of Ho Chi Minh City; Head of the Enterprise Finance Branch; Chairman of People's Committee of Binh Thanh District and Chairman of People's Committee of Binh Chanh District.

Heads of agencies and units that apply the cost package for State cars shall have the right to decide on one of the following contractual modes: Payment based on the actual km (VND 11,000 per km) and package per month (VND 19.8 million per month). Funds are allocated from annual budget estimates (funds allocated to implement the autonomy regime) to the units.

Ho Chi Minh City has implemented the principle of applying cost package for the use of State cars. That is, agencies and units shall apply to all positions eligible for use of vehicles when working. Contractual funding for the use of automobiles in service of general tasks must ensure the right subjects and not generate annual administrative costs without affecting the performance of the assigned tasks.

After the pilot period in the above 5 units, Ho Chi Minh City will consider and decide to apply massively, expected to start in 2019.

Ho Chi Minh City has 667 State cars for work in agencies and units in Ho Chi Minh City. Most of the cars are old units, so the cost of maintenance and repair is very high. Accordingly, the arrangement of State vehicles in some units is not suitable.

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Through the pilot, Ho Chi Minh City shall review the number of State vehicles serving the title, and general and specialized vehicles to withdraw, liquidate the money into the budget. All these State vehicles will have a white number plate, instead of the blue plate as today.