Latest standards of commune-level and district-level administrative divisions after arrangement in Vietnam

Latest standards of commune-level and district-level administrative divisions after arrangement in Vietnam (Internet image) 

1. Commune-level and district-level administrative divisions in Vietnam subject to arrangement for the 2023-2025 period

According to Clause 2, Article 3 of Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15, commune-level and district-level administrative divisions in Vietnam subject to arrangement for the 2023-2025 period include:

- Commune-level and district-level administrative divisions whose geographical area and population size will be less than 70% of the standard area and population specified in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13 on standards and classification of administrative divisions amended by Resolution 27/2022/UBTVQH15 (hereinafter referred to as “Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions);

- District-level administrative divisions whose geographical area will be less than 20% and population size will be less than 200% of the standard area and population specified in Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions;

- Commune-level administrative divisions whose geographical area will be less than 20% and population size will be less than 300% of the standard area and population specified in Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions.

2. Standards of commune-level and district-level administrative divisions after arrangement in Vietnam

Article 4 of Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15 stipulates the standards of commune-level and district-level administrative divisions after arrangement in Vietnam as follows:

- After commune-level and district-level administrative divisions are arranged, such administrative divisions shall meet standards of geographical area and population size according to Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions, except for case where 03 administrative divisions at the same level or higher level are merged.

In case where commune-level and district-level administrative divisions are arranged with adjacent administrative divisions but they cannot be adjusted and merged with other administrative divisions at the same level due to specific factors of culture, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, customs, practices, geographical location and natural conditions; as a result, after arrangement, such administrative divisions fail to meet standards of geographical area and population size according to regulations, these administrative divisions shall satisfy one of the following conditions:

+ The administrative divisions shall be commune-level and district-level administrative divisions whose geographical area or population size must be at least 100% of the standard area and population and other indicators must be at least 70% specified in Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions;

+ The administrative divisions shall be district-level administrative divisions whose geographical area must be at least 30% and population size must be at least 200% of the standard area and population specified in Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions;

+ The administrative divisions shall be commune-level administrative divisions whose geographical area must be at least 30% and population size must be at least 300% of the standard area and population specified in Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions;

+ Other cases decided by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly at the request of the Government.

- In case where the arrangement of commune-level and district-level administrative divisions may result in reduction in the number of administrative divisions, it is not required to apply standards of dependent administrative divisions to district-level administrative divisions that have been established after arrangement.

- Urban administrative divisions expected to be established after the arrangement shall satisfy standards of the structure and level of socio-economic development, the type of urban areas for cities, towns and townships or the level of development of urban infrastructure for districts and wards as prescribed in the Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on standards and classification of administrative divisions.

Scope of urban classification for cities, towns and townships expected to be established after arrangement and scope of assessment of urban infrastructure development level for districts and wards expected to be established after arrangement shall be based on provincial planning, rural planning, urban planning or others.

To Quoc Trinh

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