On the afternoon of June 5, the National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) gave its opinion on the Project on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units in 2025; reviewed and approved the principles of the resolutions on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units in 2025.
Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra has issued a summary report on the arrangement of commune-level administrative units (ADUs) in 2025.
9,907 commune-level administrative units are reorganized
According to the 2025 commune-level administrative unit arrangement plan, out of the total current 10,035 commune-level administrative units nationwide, 9,907 commune-level administrative units (7,571 communes, 1,719 wards and 617 towns) will be arranged.
In addition, 128 commune-level administrative units (123 communes, 05 wards) did not implement the arrangement ( Maintain) because they had met both standards on natural area and population size or had special factors (etat of establishment) according to the provisions of Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15.
As a result, after implementing the arrangement, the whole country still has a total of 3,321 commune-level administrative units (2,621 communes, 687 wards and 13 special zones), a decrease of 6,714 commune-level administrative units (a decrease of 66.91%).
Through the work of collecting public opinions, it is shown that the voter consensus rate is high, on average the whole country reaches nearly 96% of voters representing households in favor and 100% of the People's Councils at the provincial, district and commune levels of provinces and cities approve the policy of arranging commune-level administrative units in the area.
Plan for arranging and assigning cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers
After implementing the arrangement of commune-level administrative units, the plan to arrange a team of cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers will be implemented in a stable, reasonable direction and ensure the rights of affected people.
Accordingly, the current district-level payroll will be basically transferred to arrange and arrange payroll for new commune-level administrative units after the arrangement. The team of leaders and managers from the district level will play a core role in the communes after the merger.
At the same time, a number of cadres, civil servants and public employees from the provincial level will also be strengthened in support for the commune level.
In the immediate future, the total number of cadres, civil servants and public employees in communes after the reorganization will not exceed the current total of previous communes (excluding the number of cadres arranged from provinces and districts).
After the arrangement, a review of staff streamlining is carried out in conjunction with restructuring and improving the quality of the team to meet the requirements of the tasks, ensuring a period of 5 years in principle in accordance with regulations.
In addition, the activities of part-time workers at the commune level will be terminated and the regimes and policies will be resolved according to Government regulations.
The Provincial People's Committee and relevant agencies are required to fully and promptly implement policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers affected by the arrangement of administrative units, ensure the right subjects, and avoid complaints and disadvantages.
Plan for headquarters arrangement
The arrangement and use of headquarters, handling of public finance and assets after the arrangement of commune-level administrative units shall comply with the Government's regulations on rearrangement, handling of public finance and assets, the Government's direction and the guidance of the Ministry of Finance.
The arrangement ensures the practice of thrift, anti-corruption, waste and negativity.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, in the Projects for arranging commune-level administrative units in each locality, the People's Committees of provinces and cities have plans and solutions for arranging, arranging, using, investing in repairing, renovating, and upgrading working headquarters, ensuring working conditions for agencies, organizations, and units at the new commune-level administrative units.
In the report reviewing the submission, the Law and Justice Committee found that due to this arrangement of administrative units, there are major adjustments and fluctuations compared to the current status of administrative units.
Therefore, the Law and Justice Committee recommends that the Government focus on directing relevant ministries, branches and localities to urgently organize reviews and inspections to accurately determine data related to population, natural area, and administrative boundaries of administrative units formed after the arrangement as a basis for state management.
