Currently, Phu Tho province has 13 district-level administrative units (DVHCs), including 1 city, 1 town and 11 districts. At each district-level administrative unit, there is a headquarters of the Party Committee, People's Council - People's Committee and many public service establishments under the management of the district...
For commune-level administrative units, Phu Tho has a total of 207 units, including 180 communes, 15 wards and 12 towns. At the commune-level administrative units, the headquarters of the Party Committee, People's Council - People's Committee are mainly located in the same area.
After Phu Tho ends the operation of district-level administrative units and implements the arrangement and merger of commune-level administrative units from 207 to 66 units (reducing 141 commune-level administrative units, to 7 wards and 59 communes), there will be hundreds of redundant working headquarters that need to be handled.
According to the report on the plan to arrange and assign working headquarters, facilities, and equipment of agencies and units when implementing the arrangement and consolidation of administrative units of the Department of Finance of Phu Tho province, in particular with the working headquarters of the City Party Committee, the People's Committee of Viet Tri city plans to arrange working headquarters for 2 department-level units.
The remaining, with the working headquarters of 12 district-level units and public service establishments under the management of the district level, priority is given to arranging working headquarters and public service establishments of agencies, organizations and district-level units for the commune-level administrative units where the headquarters are located or other agencies, organizations and units of the State that need to be used as working headquarters and public service establishments; it is possible to arrange one working headquarters for many agencies, organizations and units to use.
For commune-level administrative units formed by merging from 2 commune-level administrative units, 1 common headquarters will be arranged for the activities of the Party Committee, the Fatherland Front, mass organizations with the People's Council, People's Committee (government) and 1 working headquarters for the police and military agencies.
For commune -level units formed by merging from 3 to 5 commune units, arranging 1 headquarters for the activities of the Party Committee, the Fatherland Front, mass organizations; 1 headquarters for People's Councils, People's Committees and 1 headquarters of police and military agencies (communes do not merge the status quo of facilities to perform tasks).
The remaining commune and district-level administrative units will prioritize the conversion of functions to serve as medical and educational facilities, and use for other public purposes of the locality; reclaim to assign organizations with the function of managing and trading local houses for management and exploitation according to regulations...
For machinery and equipment and other assets, the handling is based on the principle that any agency, organization or unit that is assigned to use specialized machinery and equipment will be assigned to continue performing the task.
According to Mr. Bui Van Quang - Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee, the arrangement, assignment and handling of public assets in the context of arranging and streamlining the apparatus must make the most of existing assets, avoid waste and spread and be consistent with the reality of grassroots administrative units.
The Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee requested districts, cities and towns to urgently review and complete the plan to arrange and assign working headquarters, facilities, equipment and handle assets approved by the Provincial People's Committee to hand over to the new commune, ensuring full conditions for the new communes to operate stably from July 1, 2025.
