Fully prepare the conditions for merging Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city

The Standing Committee of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee worked with the Standing Committee of Hai Phong City Party Committee to discuss and deploy a number of contents to implement the Central Government's policy on reorganizing the apparatus and organizing two-level local government; merging Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city.

In Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee dated April 12, 2025, the Party Central Committee plans to merge and consolidate localities. In particular, it is planned to merge Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city, named Hai Phong city, with the political and administrative center located in Hai Phong city.

At the conference, leaders of the two localities listened to progress reports, discussed and agreed on a number of contents on implementing the Central's directives on merging Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city; rearranging and reorganizing commune-level administrative units of the localities. Delegates discussed and agreed on the coordination work in drafting documents for the Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term; orientations for arranging working headquarters of Party agencies, authorities, and organizations of the new provincial-level administrative units and a number of socio-economic development targets.

Mr. Tran Duc Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee spoke at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Hai Duong Provincial Party Secretary Tran Duc Thang highly appreciated the close, close and constructive coordination in the process of preparing for the implementation of the Central Government's policy on restructuring the apparatus and the planned merger of Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city.

Emphasizing that there are still many important tasks to be done in the coming time, the Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee basically agreed with the draft plan for coordination between the Standing Committee of the Hai Phong City Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee to develop and implement the Project to merge Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city.

The Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee requested the Standing Committee of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee and leaders of departments and branches to focus on giving opinions on the draft Project to merge Hai Duong province with Hai Phong city prepared by Hai Phong city to soon complete it, ensure accuracy, quality, and create the highest consensus before reporting to the Central Government...

Mr. Le Tien Chau, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hai Phong City spoke at the conference.

Highly agreeing with the opinions of the Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee Le Tien Chau said that Hai Phong City and Hai Duong Province have deep connections in terms of geography, history, culture, economy and society. The two localities share the same origin as the land of the steadfast Eastern region, a land of talented people; share the same cultural space of the Red River Delta with many similarities in culture and lifestyle; and have dynamic economic development.

The merger is not only to implement the leadership and direction of the Central Government but also an opportunity to open up new development space, optimize resources of the two localities to build a new city as a modern industrial, service and logistics center, develop sustainably and continue to improve people's lives.

The Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee emphasized that the conference had achieved high consensus, which is an important basis for implementing the next tasks. The two localities need to continue to promote propaganda and information work to continue to create high consensus among cadres, party members and people on the arrangement of the apparatus, organization of local government at two levels and the merger of the two provinces of Hai Duong and Hai Phong City.

The Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee assigned the Hai Phong City Party Committee to coordinate with the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee to urgently complete the draft project to merge Hai Duong province with Hai Phong City. The Hai Phong City Party Committee Office coordinated with the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Office to receive the opinions of the delegates and complete specific work contents to implement the coordination plan between the Hai Phong City Party Committee Standing Committee and the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee.

Along with agreeing on the orientation of arranging the working headquarters of the Party, government and mass organizations of the new provincial administrative unit, the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee said that the two localities will urgently study and build a traffic route connecting Hai Phong City and Hai Duong to create convenience for officials and people and promote socio-economic development.

The Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee also agreed to assign tasks to agencies and units in coordinating the development of documents and preparing for the organization of the City Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term. At the same time, he noted that along with well implementing preparations for the merger of the two localities, it is necessary to focus on successfully completing socio-economic development goals; reviewing and resolving tasks to ensure connectivity, and not allowing interruptions in the implementation of tasks...

The Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee believes that with the tradition of very good cooperation and high consensus of the political system and people of the two localities, the construction and implementation of the project to merge Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city will be effective, of high quality, and on schedule for common development.

At the conference, the Standing Committee of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of Hai Phong City Party Committee signed a plan to coordinate the development and implementation of the project to merge Hai Duong Province and Hai Phong City. According to the plan, the Standing Committee of Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of Hai Phong City Party Committee will lead and direct agencies, units and localities to implement the following key tasks:

- Organize information, propaganda, and fully disseminate the contents of Conclusion No. 127-KL/TW, dated February 28, 2025 of the Politburo and the Secretariat, the Conclusions of the Politburo and the Secretariat on the policy and Project on rearranging and reorganizing administrative units at all levels and building a 2-level local government organization model; Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW and related directives and instructions of the Central Government, the National Assembly, the Government, the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, and the Hai Phong City Party Committee to a large number of cadres, party members, and people.

- Develop a project to merge Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city, in sync with the arrangement of commune-level administrative units of the two localities.

- Fully prepare conditions to implement the National Assembly's resolution on merging Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city.

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