According to the 2026 village and residential group arrangement plan, the whole province is expected to reduce 548 units, from 1,462 to 914 villages and residential groups, equivalent to a reduction of 37.48%.
Accordingly, the province will arrange 1,054 villages and residential groups to form 506 new units. In addition, 408 villages and residential groups will be kept unchanged due to specific factors in terms of area, population and national defense and security tasks.
Among the units retained, there are 47 villages and residential groups meeting the standards and 361 units not meeting the standards for household size.
Mostly located in mountainous areas, ethnic minority areas, particularly difficult areas, border areas or under land clearance and resettlement planning.
After arrangement, the whole province still has 914 villages and residential groups with 132,845 households. Of which, there are 850 villages belonging to 53 communes with 110,097 households and 64 residential groups belonging to 3 wards with 22,748 households.
In urban areas, the smallest-scale residential group is Le Chung 4 Group and Le Chung 9 Group (Tan Giang ward) with 58 households; the largest-scale residential group belongs to Nung Tri Cao ward with 561 households. On average, each residential group has 361 households.
In rural areas, Kieng Phac village (Quang Long commune) has the fewest households with 18 households due to isolated terrain, difficult traffic and lack of national grid electricity.
The village with the largest number of households belongs to Trung Khanh commune with 351 households. On average, each village has 130 households.
According to the plan, after arrangement, 362 villages and residential groups will meet the standards, accounting for 39.6%; while 552 units have not met the standards, accounting for 60.39%.
The arrangement also contributes to streamlining the apparatus at the grassroots level when the number of villages in border communes decreased from 563 to 343 villages, and the number of villages bordering the border decreased from 114 to 85 villages.
At the same time, the number of non-specialized workers in villages and residential groups decreased by 1,174 people, equivalent to 30.13%.
The plan is built to improve the efficiency of state management at the grassroots level, streamline the organizational structure, and be suitable for population conditions, terrain and local development requirements in the new period.
