General Secretary To Lam: The whole country is expected to have 34 provinces and cities.

On March 28, in Da Nang city, General Secretary To Lam chaired a meeting between Party and State leaders with veteran revolutionary cadres, meritorious people, and typical policy families in the Central region, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

Speaking at the meeting, the General Secretary said that the organization of the political system must be streamlined, strong, effective, efficient, and effective, with a decisive, urgent spirit, "running while lining up", not being perfectionist but also not hasty; work must not be interrupted and the new organizational model must be better and more effective than the old model.

It is expected that there will be about 34 provinces and cities and 5,000 commune-level administrative units.

According to the General Secretary, the reorganization of the political system has been carried out strongly, thoroughly, scientifically, and humanely, from top to bottom with the motto "The Central Government sets an example, the localities respond".

The Government has promptly issued policies to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of cadres, party members, civil servants, public employees, and workers, contributing to relieving concerns and facilitating the arrangement process.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the meeting (Photo: Hoai Son).

Localities have also actively and proactively implemented the summary of research and proposed plans to streamline and end the merger and consolidation of agencies according to the direction of the Central Government. The summary of Resolution 18 and the rearrangement of the organizational apparatus have received the consensus, support and high appreciation of cadres, party members and people.

The Politburo is developing content to submit to the Central Committee "Project to merge some provincial-level administrative units, not organize district-level units, continue to merge commune-level administrative units"; "Project to rearrange socio-political organizations, mass organizations assigned by the Party and State to be directly under the Vietnam Fatherland Front"; "Policy to amend the 2013 Constitution"... and then ask for people's opinions.

It is expected that the administrative apparatus will be restructured into 3 levels: Central, province/city, commune and ward. This organizational structure aims to bring the government and officials closer to the people, closer to the people, and better serve the people. The government proactively approaches the people.

According to the General Secretary, initially, there will be about 34 provinces and cities based on the rearrangement of the current 63 provinces and cities; ending the activities of district-level organizations and organizing about 5,000 commune and ward levels.

According to initial plans, there will be about 34 provinces and cities based on the rearrangement of the current 63 provinces and cities (Photo: Hoai Son).

The General Secretary emphasized that the commune level is the most important level, this is the place to organize and implement all policies and resolutions of the Party and State to Party cells, Party members and people.

The General Secretary also emphasized the issue of streamlining the state apparatus, with the spirit of "not just doing it once and done". In the near future, the Central Committee will meet to discuss plans to reorganize administrative units; review, adjust, perfect functions, tasks and streamline the internal organization of agencies and units associated with a team of qualified and prestigious cadres...

Beware of the negative situation of "fishing in troubled waters" when restructuring the system.

General Secretary To Lam shared that the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity is still being implemented resolutely, synchronously, comprehensively, methodically, and in-depth, with no forbidden areas or exceptions.

The Party Central Committee also added the content of preventing and combating waste, creating a great deterrent and warning, and that task will continue to be carried out resolutely and persistently in the coming time.

The Politburo and the Secretariat added functions and tasks of preventing and combating waste to the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption, waste, and negativity and the provincial Steering Committees, with a focus on preventing and combating waste in the management and use of public finance and public assets.

The General Secretary noted that the process of organizing Party Congresses at all levels, restructuring the administrative system, arranging cadre organizations, etc. will not eliminate the situation of "fishing in troubled waters" and "taking advantage of the situation" for corruption, waste, and negativity.

"Therefore, in addition to the main responsibility of the political system, the Central Steering Committee and the Provincial Steering Committees, there needs to be stronger participation of the people in the fight against corruption, waste and negativity," the General Secretary emphasized.

General Secretary To Lam said that the 14th National Party Congress will take place in the first quarter of 2026. This will be considered the Congress marking the beginning of "the era of the Vietnamese people's rise, for a rich, powerful, prosperous and prosperous Vietnam".

The preparation of documents for the Congress has been built on the spirit of brevity, conciseness, ease of remembering, ease of understanding, ease of implementation, clearly demonstrating revolutionary character, purpose, orientation and realism.

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