Merging provinces and cities
Proposal to amend 6 articles in the Constitution to serve the merger of provinces and communes
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The Ministry of Justice proposed amending Articles 110 to 115 of the 2013 Constitution related to the project to merge provincial, district and commune-level administrative units.
Consider agreeing on the time to end the district-level model
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Minister Do Duc Duy proposed that it is necessary to agree on the time to stop the district-level government model so that the Government can proactively develop guiding documents.
On March 14, the Politburo met on the policy of merging provinces
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On March 14, the Politburo will meet to agree on the policy of abolishing district level and merging provinces, after which the Government will send a project to collect opinions from localities.
Establishment of a Steering Committee for the Construction of a 2-level local government
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The Permanent Deputy Prime Minister is assigned to be the Head of the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and the development of a 2-level local government model.
Criteria for implementing provincial-level arrangement and merger
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In addition to the criteria on natural area and population size, the arrangement and merger at the provincial level also takes into account geographical conditions, socio-economic level, and infrastructure.
Expected to reduce about 50% of the number of provinces after the reorganization
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After the arrangement, it is expected to reduce about 50% of the number of provincial-level administrative units and 60 - 70% of grassroots-level administrative units compared to the present.
Proposing to merge provinces for construction, not to be divided or lose solidarity
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A Tiktok account owner commenting on the policy of merging provinces has just been fined 7.5 million VND.
The Government discusses merging provinces and building a two-level government
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The Government Party Committee discussed plans to merge provinces; agreed on a two-level local government model, which is the provincial and grassroots levels.
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.