HCMC – The Politburo and the Secretariat have instructed the Party Committee of the Government to work with relevant agencies to explore the elimination of district-level administrative units and the merger of certain provinces.
Tran Cam Tu, permanent member of the Secretariat, recently signed a directive on behalf of the Politburo and the Secretariat, outlining key priorities for further restructuring and streamlining of the political system’s organizational apparatus in 2025.
The Government’s Party Committee is tasked with collaborating with the Central Organization Commission, the National Assembly’s Party Committee, and other relevant Party bodies to study the feasibility of eliminating district-level administration.
A plan will be developed to restructure the communal level in accordance with a new organizational model. This includes redefining the functions, responsibilities, and structure of the commune-level administration.
The directive also calls for an evaluation of the potential merger of certain provinces, alongside a review of policies requiring amendments to align legal and Party regulations with the restructuring process. The findings and recommendations are expected to be submitted to the Politburo in the third quarter of this year.
Vietnam currently has 63 provinces and cities (57 provinces and six centrally governed cities). As of June 30, 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported that the country had 705 district-level administrative units, comprising 523 districts, 46 urban districts, 51 towns, 84 provincial-level cities, and one city under a centrally governed city.
