New Law: Decreasing total delegates of the People’s Council of all levels in Vietnam from July 01, 2020

According to Clause 8 Article 2 of the Law on amendments to some Articles of the Law on Government Organization and Law on Local Government Organization of Vietnam, Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of Article 18 of the Law on Government Organization 2015 of Vietnam are amended as follows:

Firstly, total delegates of the People’s Council of a province shall be determined according to the following rules:

- The mountainous or elevated province populated by five hundred thousand inhabitants or less is entitled to elect fifty delegates; as for that populated by more than five hundred thousand inhabitants, one delegate will be additionally elected for an increase by fifty thousand inhabitants but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed seventy-five;

- The province not mentioned above and populated by one million inhabitants or less is entitled to elect fifty delegates; as for that populated by more than one million inhabitants, one delegate will be additionally elected for an increase by seventy thousand inhabitants but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed eighty-five.

The Standing Committee of People’s Council of a province shall be composed of the Chairperson of the People’s Council, Vice Chairpersons and members who hold the position as the Heads of committees of the provincial People’s Council. If the Chairperson of the Provincial People’s Council is the full-time delegate of the People’s Council, the Standing Committee of provincial People’s Council shall have only one Vice Chairperson; if the Chairperson of the Provincial People’s Council is the part-time delegate of the People’s Council, the Standing Committee of provincial People’s Council shall have two Vice Chairpersons. The Vice Chairperson of provincial People’s Council is the full-time delegate of the People’s Council.

The Provincial People’s Council shall establish the Legislation Committee, Economy - Budget Committee and Culture - Society Committee; as for ethnic minority province, the Ethnic Minority Committee shall be established. The Standing Committee of the National Assembly shall regulate criteria and conditions for establishment of the Ethnic Minority Committee.

Secondly, total delegates of the People’s Council of a district, which is composed of delegates elected by the electorate residing in the district, shall be determined according to the following rules:

- The mountainous, highland or island district populated by forty thousand inhabitants or less is entitled to elect thirty delegates; as for that populated by more than forty thousand inhabitants, one delegate will be additionally elected for an increase by seven thousand inhabitants but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed thirty-five;

- The district not mentioned in Point a of this Clause and populated by eighty thousand inhabitants or less is entitled to elect thirty delegates; as for that populated by more than eighty thousand inhabitants, one delegate will be additionally elected for an increase by fifteen thousand inhabitants but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed to thirty-five;

- The number of elected delegates of the People's Council governing the district comprising at least thirty communal administrative units shall be decided by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly as requested by the Standing Committee of the provincial People's Council, but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed forty.

The Standing Committee of the district-level People’s Council shall be composed of the Chairperson, one Vice Chairperson of the district-level People’s Council and members who hold the position as the Heads of committees of the district-level People's Council. The Chairperson of the People’s Council of the province may be the full-time delegate of the People’s Council; the Vice Chairperson of the People’s Council of the province is the part-time delegate of the People’s Council.

Thirdly, total delegates of the People’s Council of a commune, which is composed of delegates elected by the electorate residing in the commune, shall be determined according to the following rules:

- A mountainous, highland or island commune populated by two thousand inhabitants or less is entitled to elect fifteen delegates;

- A mountainous, highland or island commune populated by more than two thousand inhabitants is entitled to elect nineteen delegates;

- The mountainous, highland or island commune populated by three thousand to four thousand inhabitants is entitled to elect twenty-one delegates; as for that populated by more than four thousand inhabitants, one delegate will be additionally elected for an increase by one thousand inhabitants but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed thirty;

- The commune not mentioned above and populated by five thousand inhabitants or less is entitled to elect twenty-five delegates; as for that populated by more than five thousand inhabitants, one delegate will be additionally elected for an increase by two thousand five hundred inhabitants but the total number of delegates to be elected shall not exceed thirty;

The Standing Committee of the communal People’s Council shall be composed of the Chairperson, one Vice Chairperson of the communal People’s Council and members who hold the position as the Heads of committees of the communal People's Council. The Vice Chairperson of the communal People’s Council is the full-time delegate of the People’s Council.

View more details at the Law on amendments to some Articles of the Law on Government Organization and Law on Local Government Organization of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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