In Decision No. 759/QD-TTg approving the Project on rearranging and reorganizing administrative units at all levels and building a 2-level local government organization model, the Government proposed a plan to reorganize commune-level administrative units.

Based on the direction of the Politburo and the Secretariat in Conclusion No. 127-KL/TW dated February 28, 2025, Conclusion No. 130-KL/TW dated March 14, 2025, Conclusion No. 137-KL/TW dated March 28, 2025 and Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee, the Government has thoroughly researched and completed the multi-dimensional approach with innovative thinking, thereby proposing principles for organizing, arranging and reorganizing current commune-level administrative units into new commune-level administrative units.

Accordingly, the current commune-level administrative units will be rearranged and reorganized in the direction of eliminating the intermediate level (district level), forming new commune-level administrative units, including communes, wards and special zones (there will no longer be administrative units of cities under provinces, cities under centrally run cities, towns, districts, counties, and townships).

After the rearrangement, the commune-level administrative unit must ensure that the local government at the commune level effectively manages the area, has a firm grasp of the situation, is close to the people, and serves the people best. In the case of rearranging wards with administrative units at the same level, the new administrative unit after the rearrangement is the ward; in the case of rearranging communes and towns, the new administrative unit after the rearrangement is the commune.

Convert current island districts and island cities into commune-level administrative units called special zones. Accordingly, 11 special zones under the province will be formed from island districts (11 island districts, including: Van Don, Co To, Cat Hai, Truong Sa, Hoang Sa, Phu Quy, Kien Hai, Bach Long Vi, Con Co, Ly Son, Con Dao).

Particularly for Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province, the competent authority has agreed to separate Tho Chau commune of Phu Quoc city to establish a separate district, accordingly studying the establishment of 2 special zones: Phu Quoc and Tho Chau.

In case the arrangement of commune-level administrative units changes the boundaries of district-level administrative units, it is not necessary to consider the conditions and standards and it is not necessary to follow the process and procedures for adjusting the boundaries of the district-level administrative units to which the commune-level administrative units belong.

It is not mandatory to arrange for commune-level administrative units that are isolated and difficult to organize traffic connections with adjacent administrative units or have especially important locations that affect national defense, security and the protection of national sovereignty.

The total number of administrative units in communes and wards after the rearrangement will be reduced by about 60 - 70% compared to the current number of administrative units at the commune level in the province or centrally-run city; at the same time, it must ensure a reasonable correlation, avoiding creating large gaps and differences in natural area and population size between the new communes and wards after the rearrangement.

Regarding the arrangement of administrative units, on April 14, at the 44th session, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed Resolution No. 76/2025/UBTVQH15 on the arrangement of administrative units in 2025.

In which, Article 5: Orientation on standards of commune-level administrative units formed after the arrangement, clearly states: 1. Based on the principles of administrative unit arrangement stipulated in Article 2 of this Resolution, the Provincial People's Committee is responsible for developing and selecting a plan to arrange commune-level administrative units suitable to the characteristics of rural, urban, island, mountainous, highland, border, plain, and ethnic minority areas and meeting the following orientations:

a) Mountainous and highland communes formed after the rearrangement have a natural area of ​​200% or more and a population size of 100% or more of the standards of the corresponding commune prescribed in the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on standards of administrative units and classification of administrative units;

b) Communes formed after the rearrangement not covered by Point a and Point d of this Clause have a population size of 200% or more and a natural area of ​​100% or more of the standards of the corresponding communes prescribed in the Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on standards of administrative units and classification of administrative units;

c) Wards formed after the rearrangement have a natural area of ​​5.5 ^km2 or more; for wards in centrally-run cities, the population is 45,000 or more; wards in provinces formed after the rearrangement in mountainous, highland, and border areas have a population of 15,000 or more; the remaining wards have a population of 21,000 or more;

d) The arrangement of commune-level administrative units under district-level administrative units in islands must ensure national defense and security requirements and follow the orientation approved by competent authorities.

2. In case of arranging 3 or more commune-level administrative units into 1 new commune or ward, it is not necessary to consider the orientation on standards prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.

3. In case the commune-level administrative unit formed after the reorganization cannot meet the orientations on standards prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article and does not fall under the cases prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article, the Government shall report to the National Assembly Standing Committee for consideration and decision.

4. The Government shall lead and direct the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to develop a project to rearrange commune-level administrative units in their localities to ensure a reduction in the number of commune-level administrative units nationwide according to the ratio prescribed in Clause 3, Article 1 of this Resolution.

Thu Giang

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