Provinces and cities after merger officially operate before September 15.

On April 14, Head of the Central Organization Committee Le Minh Hung, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee on summarizing Resolution 18 of the 12th Party Central Committee (Steering Committee), signed and issued Plan No. 47 on implementing the arrangement and merger of provinces and communes and organizing the 2-level local government system according to Resolution 60 of the 11th Central Conference of the 12th term.

Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm phát biểu kết luận phiên họp thứ 3 của Ban Chỉ đạo chiều 14.4 — General Secretary To Lam delivered the concluding speech at the 3rd meeting of the Steering Committee on the afternoon of April 14.

Plan No. 47 of the Steering Committee clearly states the contents and tasks of implementing the arrangement and merger of provincial and communal administrative units and building a two-level local government system; the expected completion time is mainly concentrated in 2025 for the Government Party Committee; National Assembly Party Committee; Fatherland Front Party Committee, and mass organizations...

For the Government Party Committee, the Steering Committee requested to complete the guidance on the arrangement, assignment, and use of district-level cadres, civil servants, and public employees before April 25. The Steering Committee also requested to complete the guidance on the management and handling of headquarters, assets, and surplus land after the arrangement of administrative units before April 25.

The Steering Committee also requested the Government Party Committee to complete district-level inspections, reorganize and streamline the Government Inspectorate apparatus and the inspection system at the central level before June 30.

Arranging tax, customs, state treasury, state bank branches, social insurance, statistics, etc. in sync with the merger of provincial administrative units must also be completed before December 31.

For the National Assembly Party Committee, the Steering Committee requested the issuance of resolutions on the arrangement and merger of provincial and communal administrative units before June 30.

The Steering Committee also assigned the National Assembly Party Committee to amend and supplement a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution before June 30.

In particular, it stipulates transitional provisions to complete the restructuring and organization of the apparatus and commune-level administrative units officially come into operation no later than August 15, and provincial-level administrative units officially come into operation no later than September 15.

For the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, mass organizations, the Steering Committee requests the arrangement of socio-political organizations and mass associations assigned by the Party and State to be under the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, to be completed before July 15.

Along with that, it is necessary to review the functions and tasks, streamline the organizational structure of mass organizations assigned by the Party and the State, and newspapers and magazines under mass organizations assigned by the Party and the State to ensure unified management and effective operations in the direction of maximum streamlining, maintaining only really necessary units. This work is also required by the Steering Committee to be completed before July 15.

In addition, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations are also required to guide localities and arrange socio-political organizations and mass associations assigned by the Party and State to be under the Vietnam Fatherland Front at the provincial and communal levels in sync with the merger of administrative units, to be completed before June 15...

The Steering Committee requests that Party organizations, agencies and units focus on directing and promptly concretizing the plan according to their functions, tasks and authority; resolutely deploy tasks and assign specific responsibilities in the implementation organization to ensure completion of the plan.

At the same time, ensure that agencies, units and organizations before, during and after the arrangement operate continuously, smoothly, effectively, efficiently and effectively, without interruption of work, leaving vacant tasks, areas and fields, and affecting the normal activities of agencies, units, organizations and society.

Plan 47 also clearly states that information technology and digital transformation should be strongly applied to reform the organization and operation of agencies and units; documents should be urgently digitized, administrative procedure settlement should be comprehensively innovated, and the quality of online public services and digital services for people and businesses should be improved.

At the same time, strictly control the situation, ensure security and order in the areas, and prevent mass complaints or hot spots from arising.