Arranging villages and residential groups (TDP) is an important step to complete the 2-level local government model, streamlining management focal points at the grassroots level, and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system's operations.
In Directive No. 21/CT-TTg dated May 20, 2026, the Prime Minister requested that before June 30, the People's Committees of provinces and cities direct the People's Committees of communes to develop a project to arrange villages and residential groups; organize to collect people's opinions; submit the project to the People's Council of communes for approval.
To date, all 166 communes and wards in Thanh Hoa province have completed the arrangement of villages and residential groups, a large-scale task with a short implementation time, directly affecting the organization of the residential community, the operation of the political system at the grassroots level and people's lives.
Based on the plan of 166 communes and wards, the Thanh Hoa Provincial Department of Home Affairs has summarized and advised the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Committee Party Committee. On June 4, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee gave directing opinions and issued Conclusion No. 393-KL/TU on the policy of arranging villages and residential groups in the province.
The opinion poll was conducted in 4,126 villages and residential groups with 973,737 households. Of which, 915,370 voters representing households participated, reaching 94.01%; the number of voters agreeing was 903,723 people, reaching 98.73% of the voters participating in the opinion poll.
By June 25, all 166/166 communes and wards had completed submitting to the People's Council of the same level for promulgation a resolution on arranging villages and wards. After arrangement, from 4,351 villages and wards, it decreased to 1,933 units (a decrease of 2,418 villages and wards), equivalent to a decrease of 55.6%.
In Hue, the city arranged from 1,105 villages and residential groups to 589 units, reducing 516 villages and residential groups. Among them, 41 villages and residential groups apply special mechanisms, mainly distributed in the mountainous areas of A Luoi, Nam Dong before and coastal sandy areas such as Quang Dien, Phong Dien, Thuan An...
The city assesses that the arrangement of villages and TDPs will more or less change in community life and management work at the grassroots level. Through the implementation of collecting opinions, the majority of people agreed, implemented quite smoothly, and gradually built a streamlined apparatus, suitable for development requirements in the new stage.
In Da Nang, before the arrangement, the city had 4,155 villages and residential groups. During the implementation process, 500 villages and residential groups were kept unchanged, and 3,655 units were subject to arrangement.
After arrangement, the whole city still has 1,456 villages and residential groups, a decrease of 2,699 villages and residential groups, corresponding to a decrease of 64.96%.
Localities have organized to collect opinions from voter representatives in villages and residential groups on the arrangement plan, new names after arrangement and received the consensus of the people.
On June 29, leaders of Tuyen Quang province attended a conference to announce resolutions and decisions of competent authorities on the establishment, arrangement, and reorganization of villages/TDPs in the area.
The conferences announced the decisions of the Party Committee of commune/ward on establishing village/TDP Party cells; appointing the Executive Committee of the Party cell, Secretary, Deputy Secretary of the Party cell after arrangement; decisions of the People's Committee of commune/ward on appointing village/TDP heads; decisions of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of commune/ward on establishing socio-political organizations, security and order groups; appointing and recognizing the titles of people participating in activities in villages/TDP.
Localities have completed the arrangement and reorganization of villages, hamlets, and residential groups before June 30, reducing a series of focal points such as: Bac Ninh decreased by 51.43%; Dak Lak decreased by 44.5%; Dong Nai decreased by 62.6%; Dong Thap decreased by 24%; Ha Tinh decreased by 56.50%; Hai Phong decreased by 44.2%; Khanh Hoa decreased by 28.6%. ; Lam Dong decreased by 50.34%; Lang Son decreased by 43.74%; Phu Tho decreased by 38.95%; Quang Tri decreased by 52.34%; Tay Ninh decreased by 35.5%; Thai Nguyen decreased by 55%; Vinh Long decreased by 39%...
