administrative arrangement

3 plans are carefully studied when implementing provincial mergers

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The Politburo and the Secretariat requested to carefully study 3 types of planning as a basis, based on the implementation of merging provinces with a number of provincial-level administrative units.

Temporarily suspending the organization of party congresses at the commune and district levels, studying and amending the Constitution

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Conclusion 127-KL/TW of the Politburo and the Secretariat clearly stated the requirement to temporarily suspend the organization of party congresses at the commune and district levels and study the amendment of the Constitution.

The Politburo assigned the Government to develop a project to merge provinces

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Conclusion 127-KL/TW states requirements on the content and progress of the implementation of the project to merge a number of provincial-level administrative units, not district-level organizations.

Conditions for reserving salaries and allowances when merging communes

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When merging communes, commune-level cadres and civil servants will retain the regimes and policies on salary and allowances prescribed in Resolution No. 35/2023.

Proposal to merge districts and communes that do not meet the criteria

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The Ministry of Home Affairs continues to review and propose plans to merge district and commune-level administrative units that do not meet the criteria on area and population in the 2023-2030 period.

Abolishing district level and merging provinces is a strong breakthrough

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The study of arranging the removal of district level and merging a number of provincial-level administrative units is considered a strong breakthrough, creating new momentum for the country's development.

Can merge provinces with similar conditions

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Former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Tien Dinh said that provinces with similar conditions can study mergers and consolidations accordingly.

Districts and communes are not required to reorganize in the 2026 - 2030 period

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There are some cases where localities are not required to reorganize district and commune-level administrative units in the period of 2026 - 2030.

Proposal to merge provinces before the 14th National Party Congress

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In response to the request to study the orientation of merging a number of provincial-level administrative units, Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Duong said that it could be done before the 14th Congress.

It is not necessary for any province to merge into that province as before

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The former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs said that implementing the merger does not necessarily require any province to return to the previous one but to arrange in accordance with the characteristics of the provinces.

Localities reorganize district level from the beginning of 2025

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In the 2023-2025 period, 38 district-level administrative units and 1,178 commune-level administrative units have been arranged.

21 provinces have not met 2 standards of area and population

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Our country has many provinces and cities that do not meet both criteria on area and population at the same time when studying the merger of some provinces.

Districts and communes subject to merger in the 2026 - 2030 period

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District and commune-level administrative units that do not meet the standards of corresponding administrative units will be subject to arrangement and merger in the period of 2026 - 2030.

The Ministry of Home Affairs studies a pilot arrangement of provinces

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In 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs is required to complete the development of a project on the arrangement of administrative units, including a pilot study on the arrangement of provincial-level units.

Research on removing district level, merging some provinces

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The Politburo and the Secretariat requested to study the orientation to continue to reorganize and remove district-level administrative levels; orient the merger of some provincial-level administrative units.