The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Circular No. 11/2024/TT-BNV regulating the establishment and management of administrative boundary records.
This Circular provides for the establishment and management of boundary records of administrative units of provinces and centrally run cities (provincial level); districts, towns, provincial cities, and centrally run cities (district level); communes, wards, and towns (commune level).
Regarding the inspection and review of administrative boundary records, the provincial People's Committee has a document requesting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to inspect and review local administrative boundary records according to the provisions of law on techniques for determining administrative boundary lines, placing administrative boundary markers, and establishing administrative boundary records at all levels; Based on the results of the inspection and review by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the provincial People's Committee completes the records and sends them to the Ministry of Home Affairs for appraisal and acceptance.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said that the documents requested for appraisal and acceptance include: Proposal document of the provincial People's Committee; Report on the results of establishing administrative unit boundary records; Administrative unit boundary records at all levels in paper form (base 01) and digital form; Copy of the Decision on approval with design - technical estimate for establishing administrative unit boundary records; Copy of inspection and acceptance records of the provincial People's Committee, of the investor and of the construction unit (if any);
Copies of minutes and documents determining administrative unit boundaries in the field; Documents of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the results of inspection and technical review of determining administrative unit boundaries, placing administrative unit boundary markers, and establishing administrative unit boundary records at all levels; Results of updating national borders on administrative unit boundary records (if any).
The council for appraising administrative unit boundary records includes representatives of the Ministries of Home Affairs, Natural Resources and Environment, National Defense, and Foreign Affairs.
Regarding the appraisal content: Procedures and results of establishing administrative unit boundary records; Legal value of types of documents and administrative unit boundary records; Authority and responsibility of relevant agencies, organizations and individuals in the management of administrative unit boundaries and establishing administrative unit boundary records.
Based on the voting results of the Appraisal Council, the Minister of Home Affairs reviews and decides to accept the quantity and quality of administrative boundary records of local units at all levels.
