What are regulations on quantity of officials and public employees of localities after merging, dissolution in Vietnam?

What are regulations on quantity of officials and public employees of localities after merging, dissolution in Vietnam?​ (Image from internet)

What are regulations on quantity of officials and public employees of localities after merging, dissolution in Vietnam?

According to Article 11 of Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15, the regulation on the number of leadership, management, and officials and public employees of agencies and organizations after the reorganization of district and commune-level administrative units in Vietnam is as follows:

(i) When developing the project for reorganizing district and commune-level administrative units, the provincial People's Committee must direct a review and propose a plan to arrange and assign tasks to officials and public employees suitable to the job positions, clearly identify the surplus number of officials, civil servants, public employees in association with the implementation of streamlining the workforce; the arrangement of the number of leaders, managers in new agencies and surplus officials and public employees, and workers must have a roadmap appropriate to the specific conditions of each locality and the deadline specified in (iii).

(ii) The provincial People's Committee decides on the list, number of job positions and continues to streamline the workforce, restructure the team of officials and public employees according to the resolutions, conclusions of the Communist Party, legal regulations, and in accordance with the actual conditions of the locality.

(iii) No later than 5 years from the effective date of the resolution of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on the reorganization of each administrative unit, the number of leadership, management, and number of officials and public employees, and workers in agencies and organizations in the reorganized administrative unit must comply with regulations. In special cases, report to the Ministry of Home Affairs for submission to competent authorities for consideration and decision.

What are criteria for district and commune-level administrative units after consolidation in Vietnam?

In Article 4 of Resolution 35/2023/UBTVQH15, the criteria for district and commune-level administrative units after reorganization are regulated as follows:

- After the reorganization of district and commune-level administrative units, the administratively formed units must meet the standards of natural area and population size as stipulated in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13, except in cases of merger of 03 or more administrative units of the same level.

In cases of reorganization with adjacent administrative units but due to specific cultural, ethnic, religious, belief, custom, community, or geographical natural factors, it is not possible to merge, or further adjust with other administrative units of the same level leading to an administratively formed unit not meeting the standards of natural area and population size according to the regulations, the reorganized administrative unit must meet one of the following conditions:

+ District and commune-level administrative units have a natural area or population size reaching 100% or more of the standard of the corresponding administrative unit, with the remaining standard reaching 70% or more of the standard of the corresponding administrative unit as stipulated in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13;

+ District-level administrative units have a natural area reaching 30% or more and a population size reaching 200% or more of the standard of the corresponding administrative unit as stipulated in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13;

+ Commune-level administrative units have a natural area reaching 30% or more and a population size reaching 300% or more of the standard of the corresponding administrative unit as stipulated in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13;

+ Other cases as decided by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly based on the Government of Vietnam's proposal.

- When reorganizing district and commune-level administrative units that reduce the number of administrative units, the standards for subordinate administrative units are not applied to district-level administrative units formed after reorganization.

- Urban administrative units expected to form after reorganization must meet standards on structure and socio-economic development level, urban type for cities, district-level towns, commune-level towns, or urban infrastructure development level for districts, wards as stipulated in Resolution 1211/2016/UBTVQH13.

The scope of urban classification concerning cities, district-level towns, commune-level towns expected to form after reorganization, and the scope of assessment on urban infrastructure development level concerning districts, wards expected to form after reorganization must be based on one of the following planning documents: provincial planning, rural planning, urban planning, or other related planning documents.

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