In total, about 190,000 households and voters who are temporary residents will be consulted on the merger of Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces and the arrangement and merger of commune-level administrative units in Lao Cai.
Previously, on April 12, the 11th Conference of the 13th Central Executive Committee approved Resolution No. 60, the policy of merging Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces. The new province will be named Lao Cai, the political and administrative center will be located in Yen Bai.
On April 17, the Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee passed Resolution No. 60 on the arrangement and merger, reducing from 151 communes and wards to 48 communes and wards.
At the meeting to implement the plans to collect comments on April 19, Mr. Trinh Xuan Truong - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Lao Cai People's Committee asked the members of the Steering Committee and branches and localities to promote responsibilities and organize methodically. At the same time, before April 24, it was necessary to complete the people's opinion to promptly organize the People's Council meeting from the commune to the provincial level, as a basis for submitting to the Prime Minister and submitting it to the National Assembly.
The head of Lao Cai province also emphasized the role of local government committees, especially district and commune levels, in communicating the Party's policies to the grassroots and people, regularly grasping the contents at the grassroots level to strengthen propaganda work.
