Merging provinces and cities

Lao Cai and Yen Bai discuss merger plans

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On the afternoon of April 9, the Standing Committees of Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces held a conference to discuss the arrangement and merger plan.

Submitting to the Government a draft Resolution on administrative unit arrangement in 2025

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The Ministry of Home Affairs is assigned to advise and submit to the Government to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee a draft Resolution on the arrangement of administrative units in 2025 before April 8.

4 policies for cadres and civil servants affected by the merger of provinces and communes

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When merging provinces, communes and the State, there will be preferential policies and regimes for those who wish to retire early or do not meet the requirements and tasks of their work.

Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Dak Lak have a plan to reduce the number of communes by 50-75%

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Many provinces and cities have a plan to submit to competent authorities to reduce about 50%, even up to 75% of the number of commune-level administrative units after the merger.

Expected area and population of 5,000 new communes after the reorganization

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The Ministry of Home Affairs focuses on receiving opinions from the Politburo, the Secretariat, and agencies to complete the submission and project to merge provinces and reorganize commune levels.

Searching for information on merging provinces and cities, streamlining the apparatus to increase dramatically in early 2025

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In the first 3 months of 2025, the number of people searching for information and keywords poured into political and social events, especially related to the merger of provinces and cities.

Details of 5 criteria when considering merging 52 provinces and cities

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In the draft Resolution that has just been completed, the Ministry of Home Affairs has set out 5 specific criteria when considering merging provinces and cities nationwide.

Proposal on documents after merging provinces and communes

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It is expected that documents issued by competent authorities to individuals and organizations before the merger of provinces and communes will still be used if they have not expired.

The Ministry of Home Affairs encourages the naming of new communes according to the order

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The Ministry of Home Affairs encourages localities to name new communes after old districts with consecutive numbers to easily manage and update electronic data.

List of 52 provinces proposed to merge according to new criteria

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According to the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs, 11 provinces and 52 provinces that need to be merged according to new criteria will be kept intact.

Calculating the minimum wage division when merging provinces

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The adjustment of the regional minimum wage will be implemented in accordance with the arrangement of administrative units and the merger of provinces and cities.

Reasons for stopping submission of the Project to reorganize districts and communes according to the old regulations

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The suspension of the District and Commune-level Reorganization Project is to implement the orientation of the Politburo and the Secretariat on merging provinces, not district-level organizations.

HCMC proposes high school graduation exam in early June

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HCMC - The Department of Education and Training has just issued a document giving comments on some contents of the guidance on organizing the 2025 high school graduation exam.

Arranging the apparatus and administrative units is an opportunity to screen cadres

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The General Secretary emphasized that the reorganization of the apparatus and administrative units at all levels is an opportunity for us to be ready to re-screening the staff.

Submitting to the Central Government the project to merge provinces before April 7

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The Government Party Committee will submit a project related to merging a number of provinces, not organizing at the district level, continuing to merge at the commune level before April 7, 2025.