Plan for rearranging communes and wards in 33 provinces and centrally-run cities

According to the policy agreed by the Central Government, local government is organized at two levels: Provincial level (province, centrally-run city) and communal level (commune, ward, special zone). The district level will cease to operate after the National Assembly passes the amendments and supplements to the 2013 Constitution and the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025. It is expected that the country will reduce about 60-70% of the current number of communal administrative units. The number of communes and wards is expected to decrease from more than 10,000 to about 5,000.

Hanoi city center

The People's Committees of provinces and cities shall prepare dossiers on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units before May 1, as requested by the Government. After that, the Ministry of Home Affairs shall conduct appraisal and prepare dossiers on the project of merging communes and wards to submit to the Government before May 30, after which the Government will submit them to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration.

To date, 33 provinces and cities have plans to reorganize communes and wards. Of these, Hanoi has the largest number of wards and communes, down from 526 to 263 (down 50%), Nghe An province from 412 to 130 (nearly 70%), Ho Chi Minh City from 273 to 102 (62%)... The locality with the fewest administrative units is Da Nang from 47 to 13 (down nearly 72%), followed by Ninh Thuan province from 62 to 17 (72%), Bac Lieu province from 64 to 25 (61%)...

STT	Province/City	Area (km2)	Population (thousand people)	Current commune, ward	After arrangement
1	Ba Ria - Vung Tau	1,982.6	1,192.8	77	30
2	Bac Giang	3,895.9	1,950.6	192	50% off
3	Bac Kan	4,860.0	328.6	108	50% off
4	Bac Ninh	822.7	1,543.5	121	60-70% off
5	Ben Tre	2,379.7	1,305.2	148	48
6	Bac Lieu	2,667.9	929.4	64	25
7	Binh Duong	2,695	2,858.8	91	36
8	Pacify	6,066.4	1.515	155	40
9	Binh Phuoc	6,873.6	1,060	111	48
10	Can Tho	1,440.4	1,268.5	80	32
11	Danang	1,284.7	1,269	47	13
12	Dak Lak	13,070.4	1,944.8	180	45
13	Dak Nong	6,509.3	692.8	71	18-22
14	Dong Thap	3,382.3	1,600.9	141	70
15	Gia Lai	15,510.1	1,630.3	218	53
16	Ha Giang	7,927.5	908.2	193	74
17	Hanoi	3,359.8	8,685.6	526	263
18	Hau Giang	1,622.2	728.9	75	29
19	Kien Giang	6,352	1,763.8	143	37
20	Long An	4,494.8	1,753	186	60
21	Nghe An	16,486.5	3,470	412	130
22	Ninh Thuan	3,355.7	609.8	62	17
23	Phu Yen	5,026.0	883.2	106	34
24	Quang Binh	8,065	924.1	145	41
25	Quang Ngai	5,155.2	1,256.9	170	42
26	Quang Tri	4,701.2	658.6	119	60
27	Soc Trang	3,298.2	1,203.7	108	43
28	Son La	14,109.8	1,327.4	200	92
29	Tay Ninh	4,041.7	1,201.7	94	26-28
30	Thai Nguyen	3,522.0	1,361.4	172	55
32	Ho Chi Minh City	2,095.4	9,521.8	273	102
32	Hue City	4,947	1,177.6	133	66
33	Tra Vinh	2,358	1,022.8	104	41