Currently, Vietnam has 63 provinces and centrally-governed cities, 696 district-level units and 10,035 commune-level units. After the arrangement, the whole country will have 28 provinces and 6 centrally-run cities, eliminating district level and continuing to streamline commune level. The figures represent an unprecedented restructuring since the country's reunification.
The restructuring of the apparatus is a major administrative decision - opening the door to national thinking in the new era, a restructuring to create a breakthrough development space, where each land is no longer just an administrative unit, but becomes a new growth pole - an entity large enough to plan strategies and lead resources.
If the country's development space is a body, the main administrative policy is blood vessels. When the blood vessels are scattered, the flow - the flow will be limited. On the contrary, when the main circuits are strongly and smoothly set - the flow of resources will be effectively distributed and the potential will be awakened.
We have divided administrative units into smaller units to make it easier to manage. Now, with new requirements for regional economic development, cross-provincial linkages and economic corridors, linkage is no longer a technical choice - but a strategic necessity. That is the shift from " Administrative management" to "development management".
A Vietnam with 34 provincial-level administrative units - can completely become 34 development centers in all aspects. Each province and city will be a gathering place for management capacity, high-quality personnel and a transparent decentralization mechanism. From there, eliminate the fractured thinking of "every province would like to have an airport, university, and seaport", instead make more focused and effective decisions.
However, it is undeniable that implementing this large-scale administrative reform will not be simple.
This is a journey that requires solid implementation, smooth coordination like a precise machine between authorities at all levels nurtured by the trust of the people. Each reform movement carries the meaning of history and hope for the future.
When the reform wind truly spreads to every corner of life, absorbs every specific decision and action, we can open a new era of development. A country is not only restructured on the map, but also reshaped in the way of thinking, the way of doing things and the way of creating the future.
