Resolving cases of disagreement on administrative unit boundaries

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 11 of Decree 102/2024/ND-CP stipulates the settlement of cases of disagreement on administrative unit boundaries as follows:

1. In case of no consensus on the boundaries of provincial-level administrative units, based on the records and projects of relevant provinces and centrally run cities, the Ministry of Home Affairs shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to review and submit to the Government for consideration and decision.

In case there is no consensus on the boundaries of district and commune-level administrative units, the People's Committee of the province where there are district and commune-level administrative units has not agreed on the boundaries of administrative units, responsible for directing the preparation of documents and projects to submit to the Ministry of Home Affairs for appraisal and submission to the Government for consideration and decision.

In case the process of settling changes in the boundaries of administrative units leads to adjustment of administrative units at all levels, the adjustment complies with the provisions of the Law on Organization of local governments and the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the standards of the administrative unit and classifying administrative units.

2. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and agencies with land management functions at the provincial and district levels are responsible for providing necessary documents and coordinating with competent state agencies in the process of resolving and unifying the administrative unit boundary.

Thus, the settlement of cases of inconsistency on administrative unit boundaries is regulated as above.