According to the program, on the afternoon of June 13, the National Assembly will discuss the draft Resolution of the National Assembly amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution.
The 2013 Constitution amendment drafting committee has just reported on the explanation and acceptance of the 2013 Constitution amendment draft resolution.
Some opinions suggested concretizing the administrative units under the province including: communes, wards and special zones; replacing the phrase "ad administrative units under provinces and centrally run cities" with " grassroots administrative units".
There are opinions suggesting clarifying that "ad administrative units under provinces and centrally run cities" are administrative units at the commune level and equivalent or any other administrative level.
The Committee for amending the Constitution explains that the use of the phrase "ad administrative units under provinces and centrally run cities" is to comply with other provisions of the Constitution. This phrase has been used since the 1959 Constitution until now and is included in many provisions of the 2013 Constitution.
The Law on Organization of Local Government being discussed is expected to stipulate administrative units including: provinces and centrally run cities (collectively referred to as provincial level) and communes, wards, and special zones under provincial level (collectively referred to as commune level); there will be no other administrative units under the commune level.
There are opinions that it is necessary to diversify the types of administrative units under provinces and centrally run cities; it is possible to consider retaining current cities and towns and determine that this is also a basic administrative unit without dividing it into affiliated wards to ensure the requirements of urban management and development and reasonable resource allocation.
The Committee for amending the Constitution reiterates the view that the specific determination of administrative units under provinces and centrally run cities will be regulated by the National Assembly in the laws to suit the practical situation in each period.
Currently, the determination of communes as administrative units in rural areas, wards as administrative units in urban areas, and special zones as administrative units on some islands has closely followed the resolutions, conclusions, and directives of the Party.
The two-level local government is organized in conjunction with administrative units according to this model, ensuring the requirements of streamlining the apparatus, reducing intermediate levels, improving management efficiency, saving costs and state budget, bringing the government closer to the people, directly meeting and resolving issues of people's livelihood, urban, rural and island groups.
The Committee for amending the Constitution said that this is also a step to rearrange administrative units to ensure proper nature, separate urban and rural areas, creating a basis for applying mechanisms and policies suitable for each type and requirements for sustainable urban management and development.
The simultaneous organization of urban administrative units as wards will contribute to unifying the management model, facilitating planning work, and increasing the ability to connect regions.
At the same time, organizing according to this model will ensure better people's mastery, the voice and rights of residents in small urban areas are also cared for and not overwhelmed by large urban areas in the same provincial-level administrative unit.
Thus, since the time of removing the district level, 52 towns and 87 cities under the province/city level have also officially stopped operating.
