The Government Party Committee discussed the project to rearrange and reorganize administrative units at all levels.

On the afternoon of March 5, implementing the direction of the Politburo in Conclusions 126 and 127, Comrade Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Government Party Committee, Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Government Party Committee Standing Committee to discuss and give opinions on the project to rearrange and reorganize administrative units at all levels and build a 2-level local government to prepare for submission to competent authorities.

Party Secretary and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units needs to be based on a number of important criteria, namely area, population, economy, culture and the ability to complement and support each other for development - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Also attending were Politburo members: Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Government Party Committee Nguyen Hoa Binh, General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; members of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Ministers, Deputy Secretaries of the Government Party Committee, Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, members of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee.

After listening to the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the opinions of the delegates, the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee agreed on a two-level local government model, namely the provincial level (including provinces and centrally-run cities) and the grassroots level.

The Government Party Committee also discussed plans to merge some provincial-level units, not organize at the district level, and merge some commune-level units.

The Government Party Committee discussed the project to rearrange and reorganize administrative units at all levels - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Party Secretary and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units needs to be based on a number of important criteria, namely area, population, economy, culture and the ability to complement and support each other for development.

The Prime Minister highly appreciated the preparation work of the Ministry of Home Affairs and relevant agencies, and requested that the agencies promptly complete the Project and report it to the Politburo for comments.

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