On June 7, Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee informed that the province has just issued Plan No. 274 on arranging villages and residential groups and arranging, using, and implementing regimes and policies for non-specialized personnel at the commune, village, and residential group levels in the province.
According to the plan, the arrangement aims to review and reorganize villages and residential groups that do not meet the criteria according to regulations or are no longer suitable for management requirements, socio-economic development, urbanization process and population distribution.
Thereby contributing to streamlining the apparatus, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the grassroots government, promoting the self-management of the community and saving budget to increase resources for development investment.
Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee requests that the arrangement must ensure compliance with the criteria and conditions according to the Government's regulations and the two-level local government model.
The implementation process needs to fully consider the specific factors of history, culture, customs, geographical conditions, national defense, security, especially in mountainous areas, border areas and ethnic minority areas.
According to the roadmap, the People's Committees of communes and wards will review the population size and number of households to develop plans for arranging villages and residential groups. The Department of Home Affairs will preside over summarizing and advising on building the overall plan for the whole province, submitting it to competent authorities for approval before June 10, 2026.
For each locality, the commune-level People's Committee must complete the development of the project, organize to collect people's opinions before June 11 and submit it to the People's Council of the same level for consideration and approval. The issuance of resolutions on arranging villages and residential groups must be completed before June 30, 2026.
Along with arranging residential units, the province also synchronously deploys plans to arrange, use and resolve regimes and policies for non-specialized commune-level workers who have ended their activities before May 31, 2026.
The contents include receiving to become commune-level civil servants according to regulations, arranging work in villages and residential groups after arrangement, signing contracts to perform professional tasks or resolving retirement regimes for eligible cases.
In addition, the Department of Home Affairs will advise on promulgating the Regulations on organization and operation of villages and residential groups; submit to the Provincial People's Council for decision on allowances, part-time regimes and support policies for non-specialized personnel at the grassroots level, to be completed before July 31, 2026.
Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Home Affairs to be the focal point for guiding, urging and summarizing the implementation situation.
Departments, branches, localities, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations strengthen propaganda and mobilization, create consensus among cadres, party members and people, ensuring that the arrangement of villages and residential groups is implemented publicly, transparently, and in accordance with legal regulations.
