The Ministry of Home Affairs has just completed the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the arrangement of administrative units and the attached submission, and transferred it to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal.
In Submission No. 624 sent to the Government on the above draft Resolution, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that, implementing the conclusions of the Politburo on "merging some provincial-level units, not organizing at the district level, merging some commune-level units", the draft Resolution stipulates the criteria for arrangement for provincial and commune-level units in the direction of closely following 6 criteria that have been reviewed and agreed upon by the Politburo.
These are criteria on natural area; population size; criteria on history, tradition, culture, religion, ethnicity; criteria on socio-economy (including criteria on geographical location, scale and level of economic development); criteria on geopolitics; criteria on national defense and security.
In particular, the draft Resolution clearly states that the criteria for natural area and population size are determined according to Resolution 1211 of 2016 of the National Assembly Standing Committee (amended and supplemented in 2022).
The draft also notes that no reorganization should be carried out for administrative units with isolated locations and difficulty in organizing traffic connectively or administrative units with especially important locations, affecting national defense and security and protecting national sovereignty.
Based on these guiding criteria, the Ministry of Home Affairs' submission stated that it is expected that the whole country will have 11 provincial-level administrative units remaining unchanged, including: Hanoi City, Hue City, Lai Chau, Dien Bien, Son La, Cao Bang, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh.
There are 52 provincial-level administrative units that are subject to reorganization, including 4 cities: Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Can Tho and 48 provinces: Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Ninh Thuan, Quang Tri, Phu Yen, Quang Binh, Quang Ngai, Khanh Hoa, Dak Nong, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong, Binh Thuan, Binh Phuoc, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Bac Lieu, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh, Tien Giang, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, An Giang, Long An, Ca Mau, Quang nam, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lam Dong, Kien Giang.
