On the afternoon of April 22, in Bac Lieu City, the Standing Committee of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee met to comment on the draft project of consolidating the two provinces under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of the two provinces.
The draft project of arranging Bac Lieu and Ca Mau province on the basis of merging two administrative units (DVHC) at the provincial level, arranging the grassroots level at the grassroots level. According to the draft Project after the arrangement, Ca Mau province has a two -level government in accordance with the Constitution (amended), the Law on Organization of the local government (amended); promote the potential and advantages of the two provinces in terms of land area, population size, economic growth results; mutual support to promote the overall socio -economic development of the provincial DVHC after arranging.

After the arrangement, Ca Mau province has a natural area of 7,942.38km2 (reaching 159% of the standard), a population of 2,606,672 people (reaching 186% of the standard) and 64 affiliated administrative units (55 communes and 9 wards).
The administrative - political center of the administrative units of Ca Mau province after the merger is located at No. 02, Hung Vuong Street, Ward 5, Ca Mau City, Ca Mau Province.
Notably, in 64 commune-level administrative units after the arrangement, there are no administrative units with consecutive numbers or combinations of directions: east, west, south, north behind the place names; administrative units are the names of historical figures with both family names and names adjusted, not abbreviated as: Phan Ngoc Hien commune (formerly Ngoc Hien), Quach Van Pham (formerly Quach Pham)...
The conference also commented on many issues related to the socio -economic figures of the current two localities, the reason for choosing Ca Mau province (currently) is the place where the administrative and political center of Ca Mau province has consolidated after consolidating; Positive and negative impacts when consolidating, the plan to organize the organizational structure, staff ...
Speaking at the Conference, Mr. Lu Van Hung - Secretary of Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Steering Committee developed the Scheme of Consolidation of Bac Lieu Province and Ca Mau Province - highly appreciated the spirit and working results of the Draft Project draft agency. In the coming time, the leaders of the two provinces will continue to discuss the headquarters of the agency after consolidating, ensuring the settlement of administrative procedures for people and businesses.
He also informed that it is expected that on the morning of April 28, the People's Council of Bac Lieu province will meet to issue a Resolution approving the Project to merge Bac Lieu province and Ca Mau province as a basis for submitting to the central government for decision according to regulations.