The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has just submitted a report to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council for consideration and comments on the Project to establish wards based on the status quo of 29 communes in the city.
29 communes proposed to establish wards include: An Nhon Tay, Binh Hung, Binh Chanh, Ba Diem, Binh Loi, Binh My, Dong Thanh, Hoc Mon, Hung Long, Long Hai, Long Dien, Nha Be, Ho Tram, Ngai Giao, Tan An Hoi, Tan Nhut, Tan Vinh Loc, Vinh Loc, Xuan Thoi Son, Thai My, Cu Chi, Dat Do, Can Gio, Hiep Phuoc, Phu Hoa Dong, Chau Pha, Long Son, Bau Bang and Bac Tan Uyen.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, after reviewing, evaluating and appraising, out of a total of 54 communes currently, 29 communes fully meet 9/9 criteria according to regulations to establish urban administrative units.
The Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has agreed on the policy of establishing urban administrative units for these 29 communes. On that basis, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs has developed a Project to establish wards in their original state.
Before building the project, 29 communes organized to collect people's opinions on the policy of establishing wards.
The results showed a very high level of consensus. Out of a total of 763,915 households in 29 communes, 724,638 households participated in contributing opinions, reaching 94.85%.
Among these, 721,728 households agreed with the policy of establishing wards, accounting for 94.48% of the total number of households. There were 2,802 households who disagreed, accounting for 0.37%; 108 votes had different opinions or were invalid, equivalent to 0.014%.
According to the procedure, after being considered and approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council, the project dossier will be sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs for appraisal, then submitted to the Government to report to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision on the establishment of new wards.
After merging with Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Ho Chi Minh City currently has 168 commune-level administrative units, including 113 wards, 54 communes and 1 special zone.
If the project is approved, Ho Chi Minh City will establish 29 more wards based on the status quo of 29 communes.
At that time, the city will still retain 168 commune-level administrative units, but the structure will change from 113 wards, 54 communes and 1 special zone to 142 wards, 25 communes and 1 special zone.
According to the results of taking people's opinions in 29 communes, the most concerned issue when transforming into wards is the conversion of administrative papers.
People request functional agencies to have unified guidance, support to adjust information quickly and conveniently, avoiding arising troubles.
In addition, people proposed that the city strengthen security and order, social security and environmental sanitation at new administrative units in the context of rapid urbanization and population growth.
Some opinions also expressed concern about the tax policy after being transferred from commune to ward, and at the same time requested functional agencies to provide clear information so that people can understand and feel secure.
