On the afternoon of April 14, at the Government Headquarters, Member of the Politburo, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Head of the Government Steering Committee on the review of the implementation of Resolution No. 18 -NQ/TW (Steering Committee) - chaired the meeting of the Steering Committee.
The meeting is to implement the plan on the implementation and merger of the provincial and commune administrative units and the construction of a two -level political system in the locality.
According to the Steering Committee, at the 11th Conference from 10-12.4, the XIII Party Central Committee decided to arrange and merge provincial and commune administrative units and build a two-level political system in the locality.
In which, after the arrangement, the whole country had 34 provinces and cities directly under the Central Government and down 60-70% of the commune administrative units.
At the meeting, members of the Steering Committee discussed exciting about the organization of the two -level local government apparatus, especially the decentralization and decentralization issue; stipulate the functions, duties and powers of local authorities at communal and provincial levels; the arrangement of cadres, civil servants and public employees; Handling assets, facilities in arranging and merging administrative units ...
Concluding the meeting, the Prime Minister requested members of the Steering Committee, ministries and branches to continue reviewing the tasks and solutions to avoid overlapping and not missing the tasks in arranging and merging provincial and commune administrative units and building a 2 -level political system in the locality.
Ministries and branches based on the functions, tasks and powers to deploy tasks, stick to the progress to direct the arrangement and merger of local administrative units; At the same time, advise and propose competent authorities on issues that arise and beyond the authority.

The head of the Government requires ministries and branches to guide the assigned tasks for the provincial and commune levels to ensure the tasks must be done synchronously from top to bottom and coordinate synchronously among ministries and branches.
Note at each commune -level administrative unit must have a public administrative service center; Each province must have a one -door investment port to promptly and smoothly solve the administrative and investment procedures of the people and businesses, not to congestion, the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the relevant ministries and branches to design tools and instructions from 1.7.2025 when the local government operates to ensure smooth, smooth and effective.
The head of the Government emphasized the arrangement and merger of local administrative units to ensure on schedule and regulations; In the course of implementation, if there are arising, report to the competent authority to settle immediately.
The Prime Minister directed the ministries to guide, arrange and arrange the inside of vertical units; decentralized and decentralized in resolving administrative procedures at communal and provincial levels.
Particularly for handling properties and facilities in the process of arranging and merging local administrative units, the Prime Minister requested priority to reserve redundant facilities for health, education, culture, serving public and public purposes.