Information about the conversion of villages, residential groups and renaming villages, residential groups due to name duplication at newly formed commune-level administrative units (ADOs) after arrangement continues to receive much attention from readers.
According to Official Dispatch No. 4168 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, regarding the conversion of villages, residential groups and renaming of villages, residential groups due to name duplication at newly formed commune-level administrative units after arrangement, the Ministry of Home Affairs clearly stated: In the immediate future, keep the villages and residential groups in commune-level administrative units (new) until there are new regulations from the Government.
The determination of the type of residential community organization at commune-level DVHC (new) is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Implementation of Democracy at the Grassroots Level No. 10/2022/QH15.
Accordingly, the organization of villages and residential groups is implemented as follows:
Villages are organized in communes, special zones (under communes, special zones are villages); Residential groups are organized in wards (under wards are residential groups). In cases where special zones are recognized as urban types according to the provisions of law (Phu Quoc Special Zone), below the special zone is a residential group.
Cases of merging and adjusting communes and towns with wards to establish wards (new): Organizing the unification of residential groups in wards (new);
Cases of merging and adjusting towns with communes to establish communes (new): Organizing the unification of villages in communes (new).
The Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15 stipulates that commune-level People's Councils have the authority to establish, reorganize, dissolve, name, and change the name of villages and residential groups (Point d, Clause 2, Article 21).
On that basis, the Ministry of Home Affairs guides the conversion of villages and residential groups and renaming villages and residential groups due to name duplication at newly formed commune-level administrative units after arrangement.
For converting villages into residential groups or residential groups into villages: The commune-level People's Committee (new) shall make a list of villages that need to be converted into residential groups or a list of residential groups that need to be converted into villages to submit to the People's Council of the same level for consideration and decision.
Regarding the change of village and residential group names due to name duplication: The commune-level People's Committee (new) develops a plan, takes opinions from voters who are representatives of households in the village and residential group, if more than 50% of voters representing households agree, the commune-level People's Committee completes the plan and submits it to the commune-level People's Council for consideration and decision.
In case provinces and cities have implemented the conversion of villages and residential groups or renamed villages and residential groups due to name duplication in commune-level administrative units (new) formed after the arrangement in 2025 before the Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15 takes effect, they shall not re-implement the above contents.
Currently, the Ministry of Home Affairs is studying and developing a draft Decree on the organization and operation of villages and residential groups and a number of regimes and policies for non-specialized workers to submit to the Government for consideration and decision.
