On January 18, according to PV's investigation, Cao Bang Provincial People's Committee has just issued Plan No. 97/KH-UBND on classifying provincial-level and commune-level administrative units in the area according to the provisions of Decree 307/2025/ND-CP of the Government.
Accordingly, the classification aims to assess administrative units based on criteria of population size, natural area, socio-economic development conditions and specific factors.
The classification will serve as a basis for building the organizational structure, planning development policies and implementing regimes and policies for cadres and civil servants.
The plan is implemented when the Department of Home Affairs presides over the preparation of dossiers, scoring criteria for provincial levels, completing dossiers to report to the Provincial People's Committee and sending them to the Ministry of Home Affairs before April 1, 2026.
For communes and wards, localities shall self-prepare dossiers, score, and submit them to the Department of Home Affairs before April 30, 2026; the appraisal and classification decision shall be completed before June 30, 2026.
The Provincial People's Committee requests that the work of reviewing and statistically analyzing data must ensure accuracy, objectivity, and compliance with regulations; agencies and units are responsible for data in their managed fields. The assessment data is calculated as of December 31, 2025.
It is known that after arranging the 2-level government apparatus, Cao Bang province formed 56 commune-level administrative units (53 communes, 3 wards).
Public information from Cao Bang Provincial People's Committee, the locality currently has a total natural area of 6,700.39 km2, population of about 600,000 people.
