On the afternoon of October 24, at the National Assembly House, the National Assembly Standing Committee met to give opinions on the arrangement of administrative units at the district and commune levels for the 2023-2025 period of 21 provinces and cities.
Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that, based on the proposal of the People's Committees of 21 provinces and cities and the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Government submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee the arrangement and establishment of 18 district-level administrative units and 487 commune-level administrative units to form 12 new district-level administrative units and 254 commune-level administrative units of 21 provinces and cities:
Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Bac Lieu, Bac Ninh, Ben Tre, Binh Dinh, Binh Thuan, Ca Mau, Da Nang, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Kien Giang, Lang Son, Lam Dong, Long An, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Nghe An, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa and Yen Bai.
After the reorganization, 6 district-level administrative units and 233 commune-level administrative units will be reduced. According to the plan, there will be 525 redundant people at the district level; 5,917 redundant people at the commune level; The People's Committees of 21 provinces and cities have developed detailed plans to arrange, organize and resolve the redundant number of cadres, civil servants, public employees at the district and commune levels and non-professional workers at the commune level in accordance with regulations. There will be 63 redundant district-level headquarters; 387 redundant commune-level headquarters.
Speaking at the working session, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that, among the 254 commune-level administrative units formed after the rearrangement, 104 units of 11 provinces and cities have not met the standards on natural area or population size as prescribed.
The National Assembly Chairman requested the Government and provincial and municipal authorities to learn from experience in developing and approving the overall plan for the arrangement of local administrative units to better implement in the next phase, ensuring the goals and requirements of the work of arranging administrative units.
The National Assembly Chairman agreed that the effective date of the Resolutions on administrative unit arrangement is at least 30 days from the date of approval by the National Assembly Standing Committee.
For the Resolutions of provinces and cities that have arranged and adjusted many administrative units, including district-level administrative units, it is proposed to consider taking effect later (January 1, 2025) to create conditions for localities in preparation.
According to the National Assembly Chairman, it is necessary to soon stabilize the operations of the political system in the area, limit major disruptions to people's lives; create all favorable conditions for agencies and organizations in the area to carry out good preparation work; create the most favorable conditions for individuals, organizations and businesses when changing documents.
"People fear these procedures the most. Therefore, it is necessary to have propaganda measures before, during and after to promptly grasp people's thoughts and aspirations to resolve difficulties and problems. People must be at the center of this arrangement. Social consensus and people are the decisive factors for the success of this task," said the National Assembly Chairman.
At the meeting, with 100% of the members of the National Assembly Standing Committee voting in favor, the National Assembly Standing Committee unanimously approved the Resolutions on the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units of 21 provinces and cities.
