According to the plan to arrange the administrative unit at the grassroots level in Soc Trang province, this locality will have 43 communes and wards (currently 108) after arrangement (equivalent to 60.19%).
Accordingly, Soc Trang City will have 2 new wards, Soc Trang 1 ward (merging ward 1, 2, 3, 4, the administrative center is expected at the People's Committee of Soc Trang City) and Soc Trang 2 ward (merging ward 5, 6, 7, 8, the administrative center is expected at the People's Committee of Ward 6). Ward 10 will be merged into My Xuyen town and Dai Tam commune to establish My Xuyen Ward, with the administrative center expected to be located in My Xuyen town.
Vinh Chau town will have 3 wards: Vinh Phuoc ward (merging Vinh Phuoc ward and Vinh Tan commune), Vinh Chau ward (merging ward 1, ward 2 and Lac Hoa commune), Khanh Hoa ward (merging Khanh Hoa ward, Vinh Hiep commune and Hoa Dong commune) and 2 communes, Vinh Hai and Lai Hoa.
Nga Nam town is expected to have 2 wards: Nga Nam (merging ward 1, 2 and Vinh Quoi commune) and My Quoi (merging ward 3, My Binh commune, My Quoi commune) and Tan Long commune.
Ke Sach district after arranging is expected to have 6 communes. Tran De district is expected to have 5 communes. The districts of Chau Thanh, My Tu, My Xuyen and Long Phu are expected to have 4 communes each. Thanh Tri district has 3 communes and Cu Lao Dung district with 2 communes.