Streamlining the apparatus, merging provinces and "finalizing" the implementation of many "super projects"... are contents that people across the country are very interested in, opening up new expectations.
Create space, expand development space
The plan after the reorganization is to reduce about 50% of the number of provincial-level administrative units, and 60-70% of grassroots-level administrative units compared to the present... Information from the meeting on March 11 of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has received the attention of people nationwide.
The phrase "provincial merger" is the most searched keyword and the most mentioned and discussed content recently. In particular, after the Politburo issued Conclusion 127-KL/TW on February 28, 2025 on implementing research and proposing to continue to reorganize the apparatus of the political system. Conclusion 127 clearly stated the contents related to the goals, requirements, time schedule, and procedures for researching provincial mergers and organizing administrative units, creating great trust from the people in the policy, methodical nature, science as well as the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the Politburo related to streamlining and merging...
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| Merging provinces will help localities expand development space. (Illustration photo: VTH) |
Regarding the merger of provinces, perhaps every citizen, especially the generation of people of middle age and above, still remembers and always remembers the names of previous provinces and cities such as Binh Tri Thien, Phu Khanh, Ha Son Binh, Vinh Phu, Hoang Len Son, Song Be... After several mergers and separations, our country has had 63 provinces and cities as it is today since 2004. It must be determined that the separation or merger of provinces, cities, localities, and administrative units is an important matter for the country, the decision depends on historical factors.
With the policy of merging provinces and implementing it in the future, as stated in the concluding statement of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in the meeting on March 11, the merger is to adapt to the new situation and current management capabilities when traffic infrastructure and digital infrastructure are strongly improved, while creating new development space, maximizing the potential differences, outstanding opportunities, and competitive advantages of each locality.
Regarding the management capacity associated with the strong development of science and technology in the new situation, it has been clearly seen. Vietnam has made great strides in science - technology, innovation and digital transformation. Science and technology, innovation have gradually become important factors of decisive nature, making practical and comprehensive contributions in all fields, such as health, agriculture, industry, information technology, national defense - security and including governance and management capacity.
Merging provinces to create new development space is a factor and content that many people, especially economic experts, agree with and highly appreciate. As a journalist, having the good fortune to travel to many regions and almost all localities across the country, it can be seen that each locality has its own economic strengths and cultural life.
However, it is not difficult to recognize that in neighboring localities, bordering, especially provinces in the same region such as the Red River Delta, the Central provinces or the Northwest, Central Highlands, and Southwest regions, there are similarities in climate, soil, economic advantages or cultural activities of the people. Like the Northern mountainous region, although the proportions are different, the communities are mainly Mong, Dao, Nung, Thai people...; in addition to the border provinces with border gate economy, there are also advantages in minerals, hydropower potential, tea trees, medicinal herbs or agricultural and forestry products. The Central Highlands region is also basically a community of people living together with ethnic minorities, with advantages in industrial crops such as coffee, rubber, pepper, and red basalt soil. The Northern localities or the Southern regions basically have many similarities in advantages as well as issues that need to be solved.
Perhaps that is why, over the years, the issue of regional linkage has always been raised at many conferences, seminars, and on the agenda... The goal of regional linkage is also to promote the common strengths of localities, avoiding conflicts of interest between provinces and cities that lead to limitations or loss of common advantages.
It is not clear how the plan to merge provinces and cities will be, but with the plan to reduce the number of provincial-level administrative units by 50%, many adjacent provinces with similarities will merge with each other. Thus, a new space will open up, economic and social advantages will resonate and develop, disadvantages and limitations will be "shared in the will" to solve and overcome... In a "narrower space", the reorganization and merger of communes also achieves similar goals.
Revolution and "super projects" open the way to the future
Streamlining the apparatus, merging provinces and localities in recent times have been and are being implemented synchronously and drastically with the spirit of "running and lining up at the same time". The directions from the Central Committee with resolutions and conclusions issued such as Conclusion No. 121-KL/TW, Conclusion No. 126-KL/TW, Conclusion No. 127-KL/TW, Conclusion 128 KL/TW... which mention many contents on personnel work, apparatus organization, to the issue of studying and amending the Constitution... show the political determination of the Party and State in implementing the revolution of streamlining the apparatus of the political system. Streamlining the apparatus of the political system is identified as a key, urgent task, of vital significance to the development of the country in the new period. This is an inevitable requirement to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and performance of the apparatus, meeting the requirements of building a modern and transparent political system, for the rapid and sustainable development of Vietnam in the new era.
Along with the implementation of the revolution to streamline the apparatus of the political system, in a period that can be considered the history of the country today, people have witnessed, created motivation and faith in the future with the "super projects" that have been and are being "finalized" for implementation by the Party, State, Government and central ministries and branches, including the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
First of all, the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project with Resolution No. 189/2025/QH15 on a number of special mechanisms and policies for investment in the construction of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project was approved by the National Assembly on February 19, 2025. It can be said that, in the current context, restarting the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project is not only the solution to the problem of national energy security but also contributes to the transition to a sustainable green economy, bringing the country's science and technology to new heights...
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Perspective of high-speed railway on the North-South axis. Photo: baodautu |
Or the North-South high-speed railway project, which was approved by the National Assembly in November 2024 with a total preliminary capital of about 1.7 million billion VND, equivalent to 67 billion USD. The route is 1,541 km long, starting at Ngoc Hoi station (Hanoi), ending at Thu Thiem station (Ho Chi Minh City), passing through 20 provinces and cities. The project is expected to be implemented and completed in 10 years... With this policy, it can be said that the high-speed railway with comfortable trains running at the "speed of the wind", which is a dream of every Vietnamese person, will soon come true.
Also in terms of transportation, it can be seen that there has never been such a big transformation and change in the country's road traffic infrastructure as it is today. Recently, people have continuously received information that many expressways will be opened, most recently the Ha Tinh - Quang Tri route will be opened before June 30 (so the expressway connects directly from Hanoi - Quang Tri). In particular, with high determination and many solutions being implemented, the Government, ministries, branches and localities are making efforts to open the North-South expressway by the end of 2025, determined that by the end of 2025 the whole country will have 3,000 km of expressway...
If you want to be rich, you have to build roads, that has been proven in many countries. Not only in the field of transportation, many large projects in energy, logistics, industry, and commerce have been and are paving the way, connecting for development...
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