Clause 1, Article 9 of Decree 59/2023/ND-CP stipulates that the dismissal of Village Heads and Heads of Residential Groups shall be decided at a meeting of the community in the following cases:
- The person who requests to cease to be a Village Head or Head of a residential group for health reasons, family circumstances or other reasons at his/her personal request shall submit a petition to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level stating the reason for the resignation.
- The Head of the Front Working Committee in villages and residential groups shall propose to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level to consider dismissing them in cases where the Village Head or Residential Group Head is no longer trusted by the people, fails to fulfill his duties, violates the people's right to mastery, is corrupt, wasteful, does not comply with the direction and management of the Commune People's Committee, regulations of the superior level, violates the law but is not to the extent of being prosecuted for criminal liability or when at least 50% of the total number of households or representatives of households in the village or residential group are recommended.
