On April 23, communes, wards and towns in Kien Giang province sent officials to people's homes to distribute ballots to collect voters' opinions. The province has announced a list of merged communes and wards and names for voters to refer to.
According to records, Rach Gia City has established many groups to collect votes from people on the above projects for people to choose opinions to record on paper (uses for household representatives, choose agree/disagree, sign autographs, other opinions if any). The list of communes and wards after the merger and new names have been publicly posted.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Han - a resident of Vinh Lac ward, Rach Gia city - said: " Neighborhood officials come to my house to give away ballots, guide and inform my family about how to get opinions. Through that, I also find it very consistent with the merger of provinces and the merger of wards. I also voted in.
According to the plan, after collecting voters' opinions, the People's Council of the commune level will be approved on April 26, 2025, through the district People's Council on April 27, 2025, through the People's Council of Kien Giang Province on April 28, 2025, completed the project dossier submitted to the Central on April 29, 2025.
According to the draft project to reorganize commune-level administrative units, Kien Giang province aims to reorganize the province's grassroots administrative units with 48 grassroots administrative units. Of which, there are 3 special areas: Phu Quoc, Tho Chau, Kien Hai; 4 wards are Rach Gia, Vinh Thong, Ha Tien, To Chau and 41 communes. Thus, Kien Giang will decrease by 66.43% - compared to the current 143 commune-level administrative units.
According to the draft project to merge An Giang and Kien Giang provinces, An Giang province was established on the basis of merging the entire natural area of 3,53683km2, population of 2,741,851 people of An Giang province and the entire natural area of 6,352.08km2, population of 2,210,387 people of Kien Giang province.
As a result, An Giang province (after the merger) has 9,888.91 km2 (reaching 197.78% of the standard), a population of 4,952,238 people (reaching 353.73% of the standard) and 102 affiliated administrative units (including 85 communes, 14 wards and 3 special zones). Location of the new An Giang province's administrative - political center in Rach Gia city, Kien Giang province.
