On August 16, Director of the Department of Home Affairs of Quang Tri province Ngo Quang Chien said that the Provincial People's Committee has submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs a project to rearrange administrative units at district and commune levels for the period 2023 - 2025.

Currently, the project has been appraised by the Central Appraisal Council to submit to the Government for consideration and submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

According to this project, Quang Tri will arrange 13 commune-level administrative units. The province will consult voters during this process. The results show that the majority of voters agree with the proposed plan.

Accordingly, the merger of Linh Hai commune and Gio Son commune (Gio Linh district) into Gio Son commune, more than 99% of voters agreed; the merger of Ha Thanh village, Gio Chau commune into Gio Quang commune (Gio Linh district) had more than 80% of voters agreed.

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A corner of Quang Tri town. Photo: HL

Similarly, the merger of Ha Thuong and Ha Trung villages of Gio Chau commune into Gio Linh town (Gio Linh district) received more than 80% of voters' approval. The merger of Trieu Son and Trieu Lang communes into Trieu Co commune (Trieu Phong district) also received the approval of voters, with more than 90% of voters agreeing...

Due to specific factors, Quang Tri province has agreed not to reorganize 8 communes, wards and towns in the 2023-2025 period, including Quang Tri town and Con Co island district. These two units have natural areas and population sizes that do not meet the prescribed standards.

However, Quang Tri province proposed not to arrange these two units due to specific factors of historical tradition, geographical location, natural conditions, residential community, requirements to ensure national defense, security, social order and safety and socio-economic development.

The Provincial People's Committee proposed to consider transferring Quang Tri town to the arrangement in the period after 2030, at the same time as establishing Hai Lang town according to the provincial planning approved by the Prime Minister.

Quang Tri town has special factors in terms of history and revolutionary tradition. In particular, the Quang Tri Citadel relic has been recognized as a special national revolutionary historical relic. Therefore, the arrangement plans for this town face many difficulties.

It is known that in the 2019-2021 period, Quang Tri province has rearranged 24 communes and towns. After the rearrangement, the province has 125 communes, reducing 16 communes and reducing nearly 500 commune-level officials and civil servants.

The leader of the Department of Home Affairs of Quang Tri province also said that the process of collecting voters' opinions on the plan to merge administrative units of Quang Tri province was carried out in an orderly and objective manner, recording all the wishes of the people.