Plan on the arrangement of administrative units promulgated

The cabinet has issued a resolution promulgating a plan to implement the arrangement of administrative units and building a two-tier local government model.

The cabinet has issued a resolution promulgating a plan to implement the arrangement of administrative units and building a two-tier local government model.

According to Resolution No. 74/NQ-CP issued on April 7, the plan clearly specifies a roadmap and tasks to be accomplished at each stage, ensuring alignment with practical realities to successfully achieve the objectives, requirements, tasks, and solutions outlined in the conclusions of the Party Central Committee's Politburo and Secretariat.

It also stipulates clear responsibilities and coordination among related ministries, sectors, the Party Committees, provincial-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees, and other related agencies in directing and organizing the implementation.

Based on their functions, tasks, and powers, ministries and agencies are to proactively propose and submit to the competent authorities for issuance, or issue within their competence, legal documents and guiding ones to address issues related to the arrangement of administrative units, the removal of district-level administrative units, and the organization of two-tier local governments. The completion deadline is set before June 30.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is tasked to perfect a draft new law to replace the 2025 Law on Organization of Local Governments and another that replaces the 2008 Law on Civil Servants and Public Employees (that was revised and supplemented in 2019) by April 30 so that the Government can submit them to the National Assembly (NA) for adoption. It  must finalize a draft resolution on the arrangement of administrative units in 2025 before April 8 to submit to the Government for presentation to the NA Standing Committee.

The Ministry of Justice was assigned to submit to the Government for presentation to the legislative body the Law Amending and Supplementing the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents, and a resolution amending and supplementing the NA's Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15 of February 19, 2025, which addresses the handling of certain issues related to the arrangement of the state apparatus, or a new resolution to address issues related to the organization of two-tier local governments (if necessary). The deadline for completion is before May 15.

Regarding the arrangement and reorganization of commune-level administrative units, the provincial-level People’s Committees must prepare proposals before May 1. Before May 30, the Ministry of Home Affairs will appraise and prepare the Government’s proposal to present to the NA Standing Committee.

With regard to the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units, the plan states that the provincial-level People’s Committees must prepare proposals before May 1. Before May 30, the Ministry of Home Affairs will prepare the Government’s proposal to submit to the National Assembly. It is expected to be considered and approved by the NA before June 20.- (VLLF)