The country has 11 provincial special zones.

In Decision No. 759/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister dated April 14 on approving the Project on rearranging and reorganizing administrative units at all levels and building a model of organizing a 2-level local government, the plan for reorganizing commune-level administrative units is clearly stated.

Cat Ba Island.

Accordingly, based on the orientation of the Politburo and the Secretariat in Conclusion No. 127-KL/TW, Conclusion No. 130-KL/TW, Conclusion No. 137-KL/TW and Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee, the Government has thoroughly researched and completed multi-dimensionally with innovative thinking, thereby proposing principles for organizing, arranging and reorganizing current commune-level administrative units into new commune-level administrative units, as follows:

Reorganize and rearrange current commune-level administrative units in the direction of eliminating the intermediate level (district level), forming new commune-level administrative units, including communes, wards and special zones (no longer have the type of administrative units of provincial cities, centrally-run cities, towns, districts, counties and townships).

The commune-level administrative unit after the rearrangement must ensure that the local government at the commune level effectively manages the area, has a firm grasp of the situation, is close to the people, and serves the people best. In the case of rearranging wards with administrative units of the same level, the new administrative unit after the rearrangement is the ward; in the case of rearranging communes and towns, the new administrative unit after the rearrangement is the commune.

Convert the current island districts and island cities into commune-level administrative units called special zones. Accordingly, 11 special zones under the province will be formed from island districts (11 island districts, including: Van Don, Co To, Cat Hai, Truong Sa, Hoang Sa, Phu Quy, Kien Hai, Bach Long Vi, Con Co, Ly Son, Con Dao). Particularly for Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province, the competent authority has agreed to separate Tho Chau commune of Phu Quoc city to establish a separate district, accordingly, studying the establishment of 2 special zones: Phu Quoc and Tho Chau.

In case the arrangement of commune-level administrative units changes the boundaries of district-level administrative units, it is not necessary to consider the conditions and standards and it is not necessary to follow the process and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of the district-level administrative unit to which the commune-level administrative unit belongs.

Arrangement is not required for commune-level administrative units that are isolated and difficult to organize traffic connections with adjacent administrative units or have particularly important locations that affect national defense, security and the protection of national sovereignty.

The total number of commune and ward administrative units after the rearrangement will be reduced to about 60 - 70% compared to the current number of commune-level administrative units in the province and centrally-run city; at the same time, it is necessary to ensure a reasonable correlation, avoiding creating large gaps and differences in natural area and population size between the new communes and wards after the rearrangement.

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