On the morning of September 28, at the 37th Session, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed and decided on the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units for the 2023-2025 period of 13 provinces and cities including Bac Giang, Can Tho, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, Lao Cai, Ninh Thuan, Phu Yen, Quang Ninh, Thai Binh, Tien Giang, Vinh Long and voted to pass the Resolution on the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units of these localities.
Reduce 87 commune-level administrative units
According to Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra, the Government proposed to rearrange 5 district-level administrative units and 186 commune-level administrative units to form 5 new district-level administrative units and 99 new commune-level administrative units in 13 provinces and cities. After the rearrangement, the number of district-level administrative units in 13 provinces and cities will remain unchanged; 87 commune-level administrative units will be reduced.
There are 7 provinces and cities: Can Tho, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Lao Cai, Ninh Thuan, Phu Yen, Vinh Long that do not have administrative units with special factors that require no arrangement. 6 provinces: Bac Giang, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, Quang Ninh, Thai Binh, Tien Giang propose no arrangement for 3 district-level administrative units (Co To island district of Quang Ninh province, Tan Phu Dong district of Tien Giang province and Dac Po district of Gia Lai province) and 67 commune-level administrative units due to special factors. The Government agrees with the proposals of the localities and reports to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision.
Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the administrative units of the provinces and cities after the rearrangement basically meet the standards of the corresponding administrative unit type. There are 60/99 new commune-level administrative units that meet the standards of the administrative unit type according to regulations; 28/99 commune-level administrative units have a population size of over 100% of the standard, a natural area of over 70% of the standard or a population size of over 300% of the standard and a natural area of over 30% of the standard; there are 11/99 commune-level administrative units that are subject to reporting to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision. For administrative units that do not meet the natural area standards, in the Projects, the Government has clearly explained the reasons why they cannot be arranged and merged with other adjacent administrative units of the same level.
The organization and consolidation of agencies, units and leadership positions of agencies and units in the political system of the newly formed district and commune-level administrative units after the reorganization of 13 provinces and cities shall comply with Party regulations, the organization's Charter and current laws (without any problems).
Bac Giang and Quang Ninh provinces have arranged and established district-level administrative units but there are no redundant district-level cadres, civil servants, and public employees (because the number of district-level administrative units has not changed). The total number of redundant commune-level cadres, civil servants, public employees, and non-professional workers in the 13 provinces and cities is 1,935 people. The People's Committees of 13 provinces and cities have developed detailed plans to handle the above-mentioned redundant commune-level cadres, civil servants, public employees, and non-professional workers in accordance with regulations.
The total number of surplus headquarters of 13 provinces and cities is 148. The People's Committees of 13 provinces and cities have had plans to resolve the surplus number of headquarters and public assets.
Do not let people complain about wasting state assets and money.
According to Chairman of the Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung, the Government's Projects were prepared seriously and elaborately, basically ensuring quality, complete components of documents and content according to regulations. The Law Committee basically agreed with the content of the Project on rearranging district-level and commune-level administrative units in the 2023-2025 period of 13 provinces and cities as submitted by the Government. The Project's dossier ensures sufficient conditions to be submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision.
“Basically, the administrative units subject to rearrangement have been carefully considered and evaluated by the Government and local authorities to develop rearrangement plans or provide specific explanations, thereby proposing to rearrange a large number of commune-level administrative units subject to rearrangement in the period of 2023 - 2025, combined with the rearrangement and adjustment of boundaries of other administrative units in the area to meet the requirements of local socio-economic management and development,” said Mr. Hoang Thanh Tung.
According to Mr. Tung, the administrative units formed after the rearrangement basically meet the standards and conditions of administrative units according to regulations and requirements of the rearrangement; most of the administrative units that have not yet been rearranged have had convincing reports and explanations.
The Law Committee proposed to determine the effective date of the Resolutions on the arrangement of district- and commune-level administrative units of 12 provinces and cities (except Bac Giang province) as November 1, 2024; the Resolution on the arrangement of district- and commune-level administrative units of Bac Giang province will take effect from January 1, 2025 (due to many district- and commune-level administrative units having changes and adjustments) to create conditions for localities in preparing, perfecting the organizational apparatus and other necessary conditions for the operation of administrative units formed after the arrangement.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that the National Assembly Resolution requires administrative units to be rearranged by September 2024, but so far only 16/53 have been implemented, reaching 30.1%, not meeting the requirements of the Resolution.
“Why are the Party’s policies and the National Assembly’s Resolutions being implemented slowly? Is it because localities are not determined and resolute in arranging and fully implementing the Party’s policies and the National Assembly’s Resolutions? Why are there localities that have had great difficulties but have been able to do it?”, the National Assembly Chairman asked.
He suggested that the cause must be found to resolve the problem, what difficulties those localities have, and how difficult they are. The Minister of Home Affairs must continue to urgently review and try to complete the arrangement of administrative units in October 2024. Localities with incomplete procedural documents, those that are being done or have not been done, must be seriously criticized and reviewed.
Emphasizing that the goal of the reorganization is to make the apparatus leaner and stronger; welcoming the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Law Committee, and relevant units working actively day and night to review documents and projects, the National Assembly Chairman said that the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee always set aside time for this task.
He also raised three issues that need attention regarding redundant agency headquarters, apparatus, and staffing, with the requirement of "doing it carefully", not letting a part of the staff worry, strengthening propaganda work so that people understand the meaning, requirements, and purpose of the arrangement; paying attention to practicing thrift, fighting waste, not letting people complain about wasting state assets and money; ensuring convenient travel for people in handling administrative procedures.
“In the coming time, we will speed up the submission process to the National Assembly Standing Committee. It is necessary to review and specifically count the number of units subject to rearrangement that the Government and localities have not yet proposed for implementation in the 2023-2025 period, pay attention to quality rearrangement, must be resolute, determined, and only submit when the conditions are met. Those that are not yet qualified must be definitely put aside,” the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.
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