Administrative units at district and commune levels in Vietnam that are subject to arrangement in the period 2023–2025

Administrative units at district and commune levels in Vietnam that are subject to arrangement in the period 2023–2025 (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

The National Assembly Standing Committee issued Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15 dated July 12, 2023, on the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels for the period of 2023–2030.

Administrative units at district and commune levels in Vietnam that are subject to arrangement in the period 2023–2025

According to Clause 2, Article 1 of Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15, administrative units at district and commune levels are subject to arrangement in the period of 2023–2025, including:

- Administrative units at district and commune levels that simultaneously have a natural area and population size below 70% of the standards of the corresponding administrative unit specified in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13 on standards of administrative units and classification of administrative units have been amended and supplemented with a number of articles according to Resolution 27/2022/UBTVQH15 (hereinafter referred to as the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on standards of administrative units and classification of administrative units);

- A district-level administrative unit concurrently has a natural area of less than 20% and a population size of less than 200% of the standards of the corresponding administrative unit specified in the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Standards of Administrative Units and Classification of Administrative Units;

- A commune-level administrative unit that simultaneously has a natural area of less than 20% and a population size of less than 300% of the standards of the corresponding administrative unit specified in the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on standards of administrative units and classification of administrative units.

**The arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels specified in Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15 includes: cases of establishment, merger, dissolution, and border adjustment of administrative units of districts, urban districts, towns, provincial cities, centrally run cities (hereinafter referred to as district level), communes, wards, and townships (hereinafter referred to as commune level).

Principles of arranging administrative units at district and commune levels in Vietnam

The arrangement of administrative applications at district and commune levels in Vietnam must comply with the principles specified in Article 2 of Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15, specifically as follows:

- Ensuring the leadership of the Party and strengthening the leadership and direction of the heads of agencies and organizations in the implementation of the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels.

- The arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels must comply with the Constitution and strictly comply with the authority, order, and procedures specified in the Law on Organization of Local Government, Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15, and other relevant legal documents.

- The arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels must be consistent with provincial planning, rural planning, urban planning, or other relevant planning.

- Paying special attention to and carefully considering specific factors of historical traditions, culture, ethnic groups, religions, beliefs, customs, practices, geographical locations, natural conditions, residential communities, requirements to ensure national defense, security, social order and safety, and socio-economic development.

- Paying attention to and doing well the propaganda and mobilization of the People in order to create consensus, support, and high consensus on the policy of arranging administrative units at district and commune levels; organizing the collection of voters' opinions in the area to ensure publicity, transparency, and compliance with the provisions of the law.

- Associating the arrangement of administrative units at district and commune levels with renovation and arrangement of the organizational apparatus of the political system to be lean, effective, and efficient; to streamline the payroll, restructure, and improve the quality of the contingent of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and employees; to settle reasonable regimes and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and employees; to implement specific support regimes and policies for administrative units at district and commune levels after the arrangement is made.

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