At the recent 39th session, the National Assembly Standing Committee approved the plan to arrange administrative units at district and commune levels (merge) in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and many provinces and cities.
Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City will arrange 80 wards to form 41 new wards. After the arrangement, 39 wards will be reduced.
Due to special factors, 42 wards and 1 town will not be merged and 3 adjacent wards will only have their boundaries adjusted.
After the arrangement, Ho Chi Minh City will have 22 district-level administrative units (16 districts, 1 city and 5 districts) and 273 commune-level administrative units (210 wards, 5 towns and 58 communes).
According to research, the plan to merge 80 wards in Ho Chi Minh City is as follows:
District 3: merge Wards 9 and 10 into Ward 9; merge Wards 13 and 12 into Ward 12.
District 4: merge Ward 6 and 9 into Ward 9; merge Ward 8 and Ward 10 into Ward 8; merge Ward 14 and 15 into Ward 15.
District 5: merge Wards 2 and 3 into Ward 2; merge Wards 5 and 6 into Ward 5; merge Wards 7 and 8 into Ward 7; merge Wards 10 and 11 into Ward 11.
District 6: merge Wards 2, 6 and part of Ward 5 into Ward 2; merge Wards 1, 3 and 4 into Ward 1; merge Ward 9 and part of Ward 5 into Ward 9; merge Ward 11 and part of Ward 10 into Ward 11; merge Ward 14 and part of Ward 13 into Ward 14. District 8: merge Wards 1, 2 and 3 into a new ward named Rach Ong; merge Wards 8, 9 and 10 into a new ward named Hung Phu; merge Wards 11, 12 and 13 into a new ward named Xom Cui.
District 10: merge Wards 6 and 7 into Ward 6; merge Wards 5 and 8 into Ward 8; merge Wards 10 and 11 into Ward 10. District 11: merge Wards 1 and 2 into Ward 1; merge Wards 4, 6 and 7 into Ward 7; merge Wards 8 and 12 into Ward 8; merge Wards 9 and 10 into Ward 10; merge Wards 11 and 13 into Ward 11.
Binh Thanh District: merge Ward 5 and part of Ward 6 into Ward 5; merge Ward 7 and part of Ward 6 into Ward 7; merge Ward 11 and part of Ward 13 into Ward 11; merge Wards 2 and 15 into Ward 15; merge Wards 19 and 21 into Ward 19; merge Wards 14 and 24 into Ward 24.
Go Vap District: merge Wards 1, 4 and 7 into Ward 1; merge Wards 8 and 9 into Ward 8; merge Ward 14 and part of Ward 13 into Ward 14; merge Ward 15 and part of Ward 13 into Ward 15.
Phu Nhuan District: merge Wards 3 and 4 into Ward 4; merge Wards 15 and 17 into Ward 15.
The total number of cadres, civil servants and part-time workers of 80 wards in 10 districts to be reorganized is 2,615 people, including 462 cadres, 1,143 civil servants and 1,010 part-time workers.
Arrange the correct number of commune-level cadres, civil servants, and non-professional workers according to regulations in 38 wards formed after the reorganization, which is 1,627 people (including 228 cadres, 640 civil servants, and 759 non-professional workers) and have a specific roadmap to reasonably resolve the surplus number according to regulations in the period of 2024 - 2029, which is 988 people (including 234 cadres, 503 civil servants, and 251 non-professional workers).
According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the city currently has 22 district-level administrative units (16 districts: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, Binh Tan, Tan Binh, Go Vap, Phu Nhuan, Tan Phu, Binh Thanh; 1 city is Thu Duc City; 5 districts: Binh Chanh, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Can Gio, Nha Be). The number of district-level administrative units subject to rearrangement is 1 unit (Nha Be district).
