Encourage naming new communes and wards after the old district with serial numbers attached.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has completed the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on administrative unit arrangement, which sets the goal of implementing the arrangement of provincial and communal administrative units in a unified and synchronous manner with the innovation of the organization and operation of local governments at two levels (provincial and grassroots levels, eliminating the district level); ensuring the completion of the arrangement of provincial and communal administrative units before June 30, 2025.

The draft Resolution stipulates the criteria for arranging provincial and communal administrative units in line with the 6 criteria that have been considered and agreed upon by the Politburo, including: Natural area; Population size; Criteria on history, tradition, culture, religion, ethnicity; Geo-economic criteria (including criteria on geographical location, scale and level of economic development); Geo-political criteria; Criteria on national defense and security.

In particular, the criteria of natural area and population size are determined according to the provisions of Resolution No. 1211/2016/UBTVQH13 (amended and supplemented in Resolution No. 27/2022/UBTVQH15). At the same time, the draft Resolution also stipulates that the arrangement shall not be carried out for administrative units with isolated locations and difficult to organize convenient traffic connections or administrative units with especially important locations, affecting national defense, security and the protection of national sovereignty.

Reduce at least 70%, reduce at most 75% of the total number of commune-level administrative units in the area

Regarding the principles of implementing the arrangement, based on the guiding viewpoints in the Project of the Government Party Committee which has been reviewed and agreed upon by the Politburo and the Central Executive Committee, the draft Resolution stipulates 6 principles for implementing the arrangement, including some new contents such as: Implementing the arrangement of the same-level administrative units to form new administrative units.

In case of merging a province with a province, the administrative unit after the arrangement is the province; in case of merging a province with a centrally-run city, the unit after the arrangement is the centrally-run city.

In case of arranging wards with administrative units of the same level, the administrative unit after the arrangement is the ward; in case of arranging communes and towns, the administrative unit after the arrangement is the commune.

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 units to which the commune-level administrative units belong.

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.

In addition to the above contents, one of the notable contents related to the principles of naming new commune-level administrative units after the arrangement, the draft Resolution stipulates: The names of newly formed communes and wards after the arrangement must be easy to identify, concise, easy to read, easy to remember, ensuring systematicity and science; it is encouraged to name communes and wards according to serial numbers or according to the names of district-level administrative units (before the arrangement) with serial numbers attached to facilitate the digitization and updating of information data.

Encourage the use of one of the existing names of administrative units before the arrangement; the name of the administrative unit has historical, traditional, cultural value and has been supported by the local people.

The name of the new commune or ward after the arrangement must not be the same as the name of the existing administrative unit of the same level within the province or centrally-run city or within the province or city planned to be established according to the arrangement orientation of provincial-level administrative units approved by competent authorities.

Thu Giang

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/khuyen-khich-dat-ten-xa-phuong-moi-theo-ten-cua-huyen-cu-gan-voi-so-thu-tu-102250326120730072.htm