On November 30, the National Assembly voted to pass the Resolution on organizing urban government in Hai Phong city with 454/459 delegates participating in the vote in favor.
The Resolution clearly states that local authorities in Hai Phong city, Thuy Nguyen city, districts, communes and towns in the city are local government levels including People's Council and People's Committee.
The local government in districts is the District People's Committee. The local government in wards is the Ward People's Committee. That means there will be no People's Councils in districts and wards.
Presenting the report on reception and explanation, Chairman of the Law Committee Hoang Thanh Tung said that through discussion, the opinions of National Assembly delegates all agreed with the necessity of promulgating and the basic contents of the draft Resolution on the organization of urban government in Hai Phong city.
Some opinions suggest studying and proposing amendments and supplements to the Law on Organization of Local Government or promulgating the Law on Organization of Urban Government to create a complete and synchronous legal basis for organizing a unified urban government model nationwide.
Regarding the above opinion, the National Assembly Standing Committee said that currently, Government agencies are urgently completing the dossier proposing amendments and supplements to the Law on Organization of Local Government to report to the Government for submission to the National Assembly, the National Assembly Standing Committee to include in the law and ordinance making program and is expected to submit this draft law to the National Assembly for consideration before 2026.
Regarding the tasks, powers and organizational structure of the People's Council and People's Committee of Thuy Nguyen city, the Resolution has been revised to basically comply with the general provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government.
In addition, to ensure that the People's Council of Thuy Nguyen City fully performs its duties and powers in accordance with the position and role of a city under the City, the National Assembly clearly stipulates in the Resolution of the People's Council of Thuy Nguyen City that two Committees be established, namely the Legal - Urban Committee and the Economic - Social Committee, and at the same time specifically defines the areas of responsibility of the above committees.
Regarding the number of Vice Chairmen of District People's Committees and Vice Chairmen of Ward People's Committees (Articles 4 and 7), taking into account the opinions of delegates, the National Assembly Standing Committee has revised the draft Resolution in the direction of regulating the number of Vice Chairmen of People's Committees in districts and wards based on the classification of administrative units to ensure consistency with the provisions of the Law on Organization of Local Government and regulations on the organization of urban government in Hanoi and Da Nang cities.
Article 4 of the Resolution states that the organizational structure of the District People's Committee includes the Chairman of the District People's Committee; Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee; Chief of the District Police; Commander of the District Military Command; specialized agencies under the District People's Committee; other administrative agencies and public service units under the District People's Committee.
The People's Committee of a grade I district has no more than 3 Vice Chairmen, and a grade II or III district has no more than 2 Vice Chairmen.
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the District People's Committee are civil servants holding leadership and management positions of the District People's Committee.
Regarding the effectiveness of implementation, accepting the opinions of National Assembly deputies, the National Assembly Standing Committee proposed to stipulate that this Resolution takes effect from January 1, 2025.
