According to the Government's Electronic Information Portal, the Ministry of Home Affairs has just issued Official Letter No. 4168/BNV-CQDP to the Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to guide a number of contents on the arrangement of the apparatus and administrative units.
The document aims to specify the implementation of Resolution No. 203/2025/QH15 dated June 16, 2025 of the National Assembly on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Constitution; Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025/QH15 and Conclusion No. 169-KL/TW dated June 20, 2025 of the Politburo and the Secretariat on focusing on completing the task of reorganizing the apparatus and administrative units.
A noteworthy content is the Ministry of Home Affairs' specific guidance on the number of Vice Chairmen of People's Committees at the provincial and commune levels.
Accordingly, regarding the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, for 23 provinces and cities (newly formed) after the arrangement according to Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15 dated June 12, 2025 of the National Assembly on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units: Implement Conclusion No. 169-KL/TW of the Politburo and the Secretariat, initially keep the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee after the arrangement and merger, ensure within 5 years the number of Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee in the provinces and cities (newly) basically arranged in accordance with regulations.
For 11 provinces and cities that do not implement the arrangement: Number of Vice Chairmen of Provincial People's Committees shall comply with the provisions of Point a, Clause 1 and Point a, Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree No. 08/2016/ND-CP dated January 25, 2016 of the Government regulating the number of Vice Chairmen of People's Committees and the process and procedures for election, resignation, dismissal, transfer, and removal of members of the People's Committee (amended and supplemented in Decree No. 115/2021/ND-CP dated December 16, 2021).
For provinces and cities where documents of competent authorities or Laws and Resolutions of the National Assembly stipulate the number of Vice Chairmen of Provincial People's Committee, they shall comply with the provisions of documents of competent authorities or in Laws and Resolutions of the National Assembly.
Number of Vice Chairmen of Commune People's Committees: Commune People's Committees have no more than 2 Vice Chairmen.
The document also clearly states: The structure of members of the Provincial People's Committee is implemented according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree No. 08/2016/ND-CP dated January 25, 2016 of the Government (amended and supplemented in Decree No. 115/2021/ND-CP dated December 16, 2021).
The structure of members of the People's Committee at the commune level includes members who are heads of specialized agencies under the People's Committee at the commune level, members in charge of military affairs, and members in charge of public security.
