After the merger, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu will have 64 communes and wards.

Secretary of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee Lu Van Hung (left) and Secretary of Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai (right) chaired the meeting - Photo: VGP/LS

Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Bac Lieu province Lu Van Hung; Secretary of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai chaired the conference.

At the conference, leaders of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces presented plans to reorganize commune-level administrative units after abolishing the district level. Accordingly, commune-level administrative units of Ca Mau province will be reduced by 61% according to the Central Government's direction. After the reorganization, Ca Mau province will have 39 commune-level administrative units (35 communes, 4 wards). Of which, Ca Mau city will have 4 wards; districts: Dam Doi will have 7 communes, U Minh will have 4 communes, Ngoc Hien will have 3 communes, Tran Van Thoi will have 5 communes, Thoi Binh will have 5 communes, Nam Can will have 3 communes, Phu Tan will have 4 communes, Cai Nuoc will have 4 communes.

For Bac Lieu province, the plan to rearrange commune-level administrative units in the area after eliminating the district level will be implemented from 64 communes and wards to 25 communes and wards. Specifically, Bac Lieu city has 3 wards, Gia Rai town has 2 wards and 1 commune, districts have 3 communes including Vinh Loi district, Hoa Binh district, 2 districts have 4 communes including Hong Dan district, Phuoc Long district and Dong Hai district has 5 communes.

The delegates all agreed with the project of rearranging the commune-level administrative units of the two provinces, which is also a solid premise for continuing to perfect the provincial-level merger plan. Along with that, the process of implementing the merger plan needs to consider the accommodation issue for officials and civil servants from Bac Lieu province to work in Ca Mau, as well as the issue of solving the problem of transportation to and from Ca Mau - Bac Lieu and vice versa.

Secretary of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee Lu Van Hung emphasized: With the highest sense of responsibility, the Standing Committees of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces agreed on the time frame for completing important tasks, ensuring compliance with the Central Government's direction. Consider the initial structure of personnel for the steering committees and joint working groups between the two provinces.

Sharing the same view with the Secretary of the Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai stated: The implementation of tasks must be done in the spirit of utmost urgency, solidarity, unity with high political determination, towards the goal of building Ca Mau province (after the merger) to become a strong province with the available development space and potential of the two provinces.

Therefore, in the project to merge Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces, the two localities will agree to establish a Steering Committee, Working Group, sub-committee and joint editorial team to implement the contents and instructions assigned by the Central Government on the merger, ensuring completion before April 20, 2025. The Steering Committee will give comments on the draft Project before April 22, 2025. The People's Committees of the two provinces will develop a Plan to collect public opinions from April 24-25, 2025.

At the conference, delegates also voted unanimously to establish a Steering Committee to develop and implement the Project to merge Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces, a working group to develop the Project to merge Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces, a Document Subcommittee, and a Document Group for the Congress of Delegates of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term (after merging Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces).

Documents related to the implementation of the project to merge Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces, and the drafting of documents for the Ca Mau Provincial Party Congress (after the merger) use the current seal of the Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee.

LS

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/ca-mau-va-bac-lieu-sau-hop-nhat-con-64-xa-phuong-102250417204016958.htm