Can Tho web portal recently continues to update the draft project of arranging and merging provincial administrative units (draft on April 13).
Accordingly, on the plan, establishing Can Tho City under the Central Government on the basis of merging the administrative unit of Soc Trang province, Hau Giang province and Can Tho city.
As a result, Can Tho City has 6,400.83 km (reaching 426.72% of the standard), the population size of 4,043,859 people (reaching 404.38% of the standard), 104 affiliated administrative units (31 wards and 73 communes).
Thus, compared to the draft project of arranging and merging provincial administrative units (draft on April 12), the difference of 5 administrative units under Can Tho City.
For units of the same level adjacent to Can Tho City, Vinh Long Province, Ca Mau Province (after arrangement), An Giang province (after arrangement), Dong Thap province (after arrangement).
The place where the administrative and political center is located of the newly established provincial administrative unit in Can Tho City (in Ninh Kieu District today).
According to this draft project, when arranged, two provincial administrative units will be reduced; ending activities 28 district administrative units; reducing 159 communal levels; At the same time, the planet reduces the number of organizations, cadres, civil servants, officials and employees contributing to reducing the state budget expenditure, expanding the scale of the area, focusing on investment resources to build socio -economic infrastructure for the newly established provincial administrative units.
On April 14, the People's Committee of Can Tho City also issued an official dispatch on strengthening information, propaganda and organization to collect voters' opinions on representing households in the area on the arrangement of administrative units at the commune and provincial levels.
