Proposal for 11 provinces and cities not to implement merger arrangement

Updated date: 03/26/2025 14:07:08

The Ministry of Home Affairs has just submitted to the Government a draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on administrative unit arrangement.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, implementing the conclusions of the Politburo on merging some provincial-level units, not organizing the district level, merging some commune-level units, the draft resolution stipulates the criteria for arranging provincial-level and commune-level administrative units in the direction of closely following the 6 criteria that have been considered and agreed upon by the Politburo. Specifically, the criteria include: natural area; population size; history, tradition, culture, religion, ethnicity; geo-economics (including criteria on geographical location, scale and level of economic development); geopolitics; national defense and security.

The draft resolution also stipulates that arrangements will not be made for administrative units that are isolated and difficult to organize convenient traffic connections, or administrative units that are in particularly important locations, affecting national defense, security and protection of national sovereignty.

Proposal for Hanoi City to be a provincial administrative unit not to carry out the arrangement

Based on the criteria, the ministry proposed that 52 provincial-level administrative units be reorganized, including 4 cities: Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Can Tho and 48 provinces: Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Ninh Thuan, Quang Tri, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa, Dak Nong, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Binh Thuan, Binh Phuoc, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Bac Lieu, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, Tien Giang, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, An Giang, Long An, Ca Mau, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Kien Giang.

11 provincial-level administrative units that did not implement the arrangement include: Hanoi, Hue, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Ha Tinh.

At the commune level, the whole country has about 9,996/10,035 commune-level administrative units subject to rearrangement.

To facilitate the process of arranging administrative units in accordance with local practical conditions, the draft resolution stipulates that in the case of merging 4 or more administrative units of the same level, the new administrative unit after the arrangement is not required to meet the standards of natural area and population size as prescribed; at the same time, it stipulates that the total number of communes and wards after the arrangement of provinces and cities must be reduced by at least 70% and reduced by a maximum of 75% compared to the total number of current commune-level administrative units in the province or centrally-run city.

According to DO TRUNG (SGGP)

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