Approval of adjustment, addition, and correction of names of extremely disadvantaged districts, communes, and villages in Vietnam for the 2021-2025 period

Approval of adjustment, addition, and correction of names of extremely disadvantaged districts, communes, and villages in Vietnam for the 2021-2025 period

According to Decision 497/QD-UBDT in 2024, the approval to adjust, recognize, and supplement the list of extremely disadvantaged villages as approved in Decision 612/QD-UBDT dated September 16, 2021, by the Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities, has been enacted. To be specific:

- Adjustment of 440 villages in 163 communes that are no longer considered extremely disadvantaged areas due to the merging of their entire area and population or dissolution according to Resolutions or Decisions of the competent authority.

(See the list of villages in Appendix I attached to Decision 497/QD-UBDT in 2024).

- Addition of 141 villages in 98 communes that fall under extremely disadvantaged areas due to splitting, merging, or new establishment according to Resolutions or Decisions of the competent authority.

(See the list of villages in Appendix II attached to Decision 497/QD-UBDT in 2024).

- Correction of names of districts, communes, and villages as approved in Decision 612/QD-UBDT

(See the list of districts, communes, and villages in Appendix III attached to Decision 497/QD-UBDT in 2024).

- Approval of 755 villages in 460 communes in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period

(View the list of villages in Appendix IV attached to Decision 497/QD-UBDT in 2024).

- The implementation of the policies regarding the villages approved for adjustment and supplementation in this Decision shall be conducted in accordance with Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15 dated July 12, 2023, of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly. Any additional funding required for implementing social security policies issued by the Central Government, if any, shall be regulated according to Decision 127/QD-TTg dated January 24, 2022, of the Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam on the principle of targeted support from the central budget to the local budget for implementing social security policies issued by the Central Government for the period 2022-2025.

More details can be found in Decision 497/QD-UBDT which comes into force in Vietnam from August 15, 2024.

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